diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 3530849dd..301e86fc2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -611,6 +611,13 @@ You can optionally also automatically redirect users to the SSO login with [PAPE
 : Only applies to regular (non-SSO) accounts. See the corresponding
 [django-allauth documentation](https://docs.allauth.org/en/latest/account/configuration.html)
 
+#### [`PAPERLESS_SESSION_COOKIE_AGE=<bool>`](#PAPERLESS_SESSION_COOKIE_AGE) {#PAPERLESS_SESSION_COOKIE_AGE}
+
+: Default login cookie expiration. Applies to regular logins if remember is enabled and always for SSO logins. See the corresponding
+[django documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#std-setting-SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
+
+    Defaults to 1209600 (2 weeks)
+
 ## OCR settings {#ocr}
 
 Paperless uses [OCRmyPDF](https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index ebe64ba9e..9a57719a2 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -472,7 +472,10 @@ ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = os.getenv(
     "optional",
 )
 
-ACCOUNT_SESSION_REMEMBER = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_ACCOUNT_SESSION_REMEMBER")
+ACCOUNT_SESSION_REMEMBER = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_ACCOUNT_SESSION_REMEMBER", "True")
+SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = int(
+    os.getenv("PAPERLESS_SESSION_COOKIE_AGE", 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 3),
+)
 
 if AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME:
     _index = MIDDLEWARE.index("django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware")