diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
index 556cef93d..1ad06f12e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ body:
         - [The troubleshooting documentation](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting.html).
         - [The installation instructions](https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setup.html#installation).
         - [Existing issues and discussions](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/search?q=&type=issues).
+        - Disable any customer container initialization scripts, if using any
 
         If you encounter issues while installing or configuring Paperless-ngx, please post in the ["Support" section of the discussions](https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/discussions/new?category=support).
   - type: textarea
diff --git a/docker/docker-prepare.sh b/docker/docker-prepare.sh
index c4e45c032..e1c970284 100755
--- a/docker/docker-prepare.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-prepare.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,46 @@ superuser() {
 	fi
 }
 
+customer_container_init() {
+	# Mostly borrowed from the LinuxServer.io base image
+	# https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-baseimage-ubuntu/tree/bionic/root/etc/cont-init.d
+	readonly custom_script_dir="/custom-cont-init.d"
+	# Tamper checking.
+	# Don't run files which are owned by anyone except root
+	# Don't run files which are writeable by others
+	if [ -d "${custom_script_dir}" ]; then
+		if [ -n "$(find "${custom_script_dir}" ! -user root)" ]; then
+			echo "**** Potential tampering with custom scripts detected ****"
+			echo "**** The folder '${custom_script_dir}' must be owned by root ****"
+			return 0
+		fi
+		if [ -n "$(find "${custom_script_dir}" -perm -o+w)" ]; then
+			echo "**** The folder '${custom_script_dir}' or some of contents have write permissions for others, which is a security risk. ****"
+			echo "**** Please review the permissions and their contents to make sure they are owned by root, and can only be modified by root. ****"
+			return 0
+		fi
+
+		# Make sure custom init directory has files in it
+		if [ -n "$(/bin/ls -A "${custom_script_dir} "2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+			echo "[custom-init] files found in ${custom_script_dir} executing"
+			# Loop over files in the directory
+			for SCRIPT in "${custom_script_dir}"/*; do
+				NAME="$(basename "${SCRIPT}")"
+				if [ -f "${SCRIPT}" ]; then
+					echo "[custom-init] ${NAME}: executing..."
+					/bin/bash "${SCRIPT}"
+					echo "[custom-init] ${NAME}: exited $?"
+				elif [ ! -f "${SCRIPT}" ]; then
+					echo "[custom-init] ${NAME}: is not a file"
+				fi
+			done
+		else
+			echo "[custom-init] no custom files found exiting..."
+		fi
+
+	fi
+}
+
 do_work() {
 	if [[ "${PAPERLESS_DBENGINE}" == "mariadb" ]]; then
 		wait_for_mariadb
@@ -104,6 +144,9 @@ do_work() {
 
 	superuser
 
+	# Leave this last thing
+	customer_container_init
+
 }
 
 do_work
diff --git a/docs/advanced_usage.rst b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
index 0dd7e9601..eda2ca259 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_usage.rst
@@ -392,3 +392,28 @@ a Docker installation, you can use volumes to accomplish this:
         # ...
         volumes:
           - /path/to/my/flowerconfig.py:/usr/src/paperless/src/paperless/flowerconfig.py:ro
+
+Custom Container Initialization
+###############################
+
+The Docker image includes the ability to run custom user scripts during startup.  This could be
+utilized for installing additional tools or Python packages, for example.
+
+To utilize this, mount a folder containing your scripts to the custom initialization directory, `/custom-cont-init.d`
+and place scripts you wish to run inside.  For security, the folder and its contents must be owned by `root`.
+Additionally, scripts must only be writable by `root`.
+
+Your scripts will be run directly before the webserver completes startup.  Scripts will be run by the `root` user.
+This is an advanced functionality with which you could break functionality or lose data.
+
+For example, using Docker Compose:
+
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+    services:
+      # ...
+      webserver:
+        # ...
+        volumes:
+          - /path/to/my/scripts:/custom-cont-init.d:ro