diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index d3874256f..722db8a4b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1095,6 +1095,27 @@ barcode.
 
     Defaults to "ASN"
 
+`PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE=<float>`
+
+: Defines the upscale factor used in barcode detection.
+Improves the detection of small barcodes, i.e. with a value of 1.5 by
+upscaling the document beforce the detection process. Upscaling will
+only take place if value is bigger than 1.0. Otherwise upscaling will
+not be performed to save resources. Try using in combination with
+PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI set to a value higher than default.
+
+    Defaults to 0.0
+
+`PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI=<int>`
+
+: During barcode detection every page from a PDF document needs
+to be converted to an image. A dpi value can be specified in the
+conversion process. Default is 300. If the detection of small barcodes
+fails a bigger dpi value i.e. 600 can fix the issue. Try using in
+combination with PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE bigger than 1.0.
+
+    Defaults to "300"
+
 ## Binaries
 
 There are a few external software packages that Paperless expects to
diff --git a/paperless.conf.example b/paperless.conf.example
index 6bd70697e..9b168db0c 100644
--- a/paperless.conf.example
+++ b/paperless.conf.example
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS=false
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES=false
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_STRING=PATCHT
+#PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE=0.0
+#PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI=300
 #PAPERLESS_PRE_CONSUME_SCRIPT=/path/to/an/arbitrary/script.sh
 #PAPERLESS_POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT=/path/to/an/arbitrary/script.sh
 #PAPERLESS_FILENAME_DATE_ORDER=YMD
diff --git a/src/documents/barcodes.py b/src/documents/barcodes.py
index f3d59bc5b..3650593ae 100644
--- a/src/documents/barcodes.py
+++ b/src/documents/barcodes.py
@@ -203,11 +203,21 @@ class BarcodeReader:
         try:
             pages_from_path = convert_from_path(
                 self.pdf_file,
-                dpi=300,
+                dpi=settings.CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI,
                 output_folder=self.temp_dir.name,
             )
 
             for current_page_number, page in enumerate(pages_from_path):
+                factor = settings.CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE
+                if factor > 1.0:
+                    logger.debug(
+                        f"Upscaling image by {factor} for better barcode detection",
+                    )
+                    x, y = page.size
+                    page = page.resize(
+                        (int(round(x * factor)), (int(round(y * factor)))),
+                    )
+
                 for barcode_value in reader(page):
                     self.barcodes.append(
                         Barcode(current_page_number, barcode_value),
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-qr-asn-000123-upscale-dpi.pdf b/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-qr-asn-000123-upscale-dpi.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d6d8eacb
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/documents/tests/samples/barcodes/barcode-qr-asn-000123-upscale-dpi.pdf differ
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
index eda97554d..70f7807cc 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
@@ -906,6 +906,47 @@ class TestAsnBarcode(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
                 input_doc,
             )
 
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_BARCODE_SCANNER="PYZBAR")
+    def test_scan_file_for_qrcode_without_upscale(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A printed and scanned PDF document with a rather small QR code
+        WHEN:
+            - ASN barcode detection is run with default settings
+            - pyzbar is used for detection, as zxing would behave differently, and detect the QR code
+        THEN:
+            - ASN is not detected
+        """
+
+        test_file = self.BARCODE_SAMPLE_DIR / "barcode-qr-asn-000123-upscale-dpi.pdf"
+
+        with BarcodeReader(test_file, "application/pdf") as reader:
+            reader.detect()
+            self.assertEqual(len(reader.barcodes), 0)
+
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_BARCODE_SCANNER="PYZBAR")
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI=600)
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE=1.5)
+    def test_scan_file_for_qrcode_with_upscale(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A printed and scanned PDF document with a rather small QR code
+        WHEN:
+            - ASN barcode detection is run with 600dpi and an upscale factor of 1.5 and pyzbar
+            - pyzbar is used for detection, as zxing would behave differently.
+              Upscaling is a workaround for detection problems with pyzbar,
+              when you cannot switch to zxing (aarch64 build problems of zxing)
+        THEN:
+            - ASN 123 is detected
+        """
+
+        test_file = self.BARCODE_SAMPLE_DIR / "barcode-qr-asn-000123-upscale-dpi.pdf"
+
+        with BarcodeReader(test_file, "application/pdf") as reader:
+            reader.detect()
+            self.assertEqual(len(reader.barcodes), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(reader.asn, 123)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     not HAS_ZXING_LIB,
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index ab33e6b1a..2b7a32091 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -781,6 +781,16 @@ CONSUMER_ASN_BARCODE_PREFIX: Final[str] = os.getenv(
 )
 
 
+CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE: Final[float] = float(
+    os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_UPSCALE", 0.0),
+)
+
+
+CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI: Final[str] = int(
+    os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_DPI", 300),
+)
+
+
 OCR_PAGES = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_PAGES", 0))
 
 # The default language that tesseract will attempt to use when parsing