diff --git a/docs/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
index 6449c478b..ba5b3cbaa 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ Pre-consumption script
 ======================
 
 Executed after the consumer sees a new document in the consumption folder, but
-before any processing of the document is performed. This script receives exactly
-one argument:
+before any processing of the document is performed. This script can access the
+following relevant environment variables set:
 
-* Document file name
+* ``DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH``
 
 A simple but common example for this would be creating a simple script like
 this:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ this:
 .. code:: bash
 
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
-    pdf2pdfocr.py -i ${1}
+    pdf2pdfocr.py -i ${DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH}
 
 ``/etc/paperless.conf``
 
@@ -157,16 +157,20 @@ Post-consumption script
 =======================
 
 Executed after the consumer has successfully processed a document and has moved it
-into paperless. It receives the following arguments:
+into paperless. It receives the following environment variables:
 
-* Document id
-* Generated file name
-* Source path
-* Thumbnail path
-* Download URL
-* Thumbnail URL
-* Correspondent
-* Tags
+* ``DOCUMENT_ID``
+* ``DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME``
+* ``DOCUMENT_CREATED``
+* ``DOCUMENT_MODIFIED``
+* ``DOCUMENT_ADDED``
+* ``DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH``
+* ``DOCUMENT_ARCHIVE_PATH``
+* ``DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_PATH``
+* ``DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL``
+* ``DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL``
+* ``DOCUMENT_CORRESPONDENT``
+* ``DOCUMENT_TAGS``
 
 The script can be in any language, but for a simple shell script
 example, you can take a look at `post-consumption-example.sh`_ in this project.
diff --git a/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh b/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
index 6edd3e158..6e42b1bc3 100755
--- a/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
+++ b/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-DOCUMENT_ID=${1}
-DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME=${2}
-DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH=${3}
-DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_PATH=${4}
-DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL=${5}
-DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL=${6}
-DOCUMENT_CORRESPONDENT=${7}
-DOCUMENT_TAGS=${8}
-
 echo "
 
 A document with an id of ${DOCUMENT_ID} was just consumed.  I know the
 following additional information about it:
 
 * Generated File Name: ${DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME}
+* Archive Path: ${DOCUMENT_ARCHIVE_PATH}
 * Source Path: ${DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH}
+* Created: ${DOCUMENT_CREATED}
+* Added: ${DOCUMENT_ADDED}
+* Modified: ${DOCUMENT_MODIFIED}
 * Thumbnail Path: ${DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_PATH}
 * Download URL: ${DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL}
 * Thumbnail URL: ${DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL}
diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index e5794ce4f..fdf7b2f6e 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -134,8 +134,19 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
 
         self.log("info", f"Executing pre-consume script {settings.PRE_CONSUME_SCRIPT}")
 
+        filepath_arg = os.path.normpath(self.path)
+
+        script_env = os.environ.copy()
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH"] = filepath_arg
+
         try:
-            Popen((settings.PRE_CONSUME_SCRIPT, self.path)).wait()
+            Popen(
+                (
+                    settings.PRE_CONSUME_SCRIPT,
+                    filepath_arg,
+                ),
+                env=script_env,
+            ).wait()
         except Exception as e:
             self._fail(
                 MESSAGE_PRE_CONSUME_SCRIPT_ERROR,
@@ -159,6 +170,33 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
             f"Executing post-consume script {settings.POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT}",
         )
 
+        script_env = os.environ.copy()
+
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_ID"] = str(document.pk)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_CREATED"] = str(document.created)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_MODIFIED"] = str(document.modified)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_ADDED"] = str(document.added)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME"] = document.get_public_filename()
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH"] = os.path.normpath(document.source_path)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_ARCHIVE_PATH"] = os.path.normpath(
+            str(document.archive_path),
+        )
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_PATH"] = os.path.normpath(
+            document.thumbnail_path,
+        )
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL"] = reverse(
+            "document-download",
+            kwargs={"pk": document.pk},
+        )
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL"] = reverse(
+            "document-thumb",
+            kwargs={"pk": document.pk},
+        )
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_CORRESPONDENT"] = str(document.correspondent)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_TAGS"] = str(
+            ",".join(document.tags.all().values_list("name", flat=True)),
+        )
+
         try:
             Popen(
                 (
@@ -172,6 +210,7 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
                     str(document.correspondent),
                     str(",".join(document.tags.all().values_list("name", flat=True))),
                 ),
+                env=script_env,
             ).wait()
         except Exception as e:
             self._fail(