diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index d4b0d8c58..c1e7588e1 100755
--- a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,37 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Adapted from:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/blob/master/docker-entrypoint.sh
+# usage: file_env VAR
+#    ie: file_env 'XYZ_DB_PASSWORD' will allow for "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD_FILE" to
+# fill in the value of "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD" from a file, especially for Docker's
+# secrets feature
+file_env() {
+	local var="$1"
+	local fileVar="${var}_FILE"
+
+	# Basic validation
+	if [ "${!var:-}" ] && [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		echo >&2 "error: both $var and $fileVar are set (but are exclusive)"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# Only export var if the _FILE exists
+	if [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		# And the file exists
+		if [[ -f ${!fileVar} ]]; then
+			echo "Setting ${var} from file"
+			val="$(< "${!fileVar}")"
+			export "$var"="$val"
+		else
+			echo "File ${!fileVar} doesn't exist"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+}
+
 # Source: https://github.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/
 map_uidgid() {
 	USERMAP_ORIG_UID=$(id -u paperless)
@@ -22,6 +53,21 @@ map_folders() {
 }
 
 initialize() {
+
+	# Setup environment from secrets before anything else
+	for env_var in \
+		PAPERLESS_DBUSER \
+		PAPERLESS_DBPASS \
+		PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY \
+		PAPERLESS_AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME \
+		PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER \
+		PAPERLESS_ADMIN_MAIL \
+		PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD; do
+		# Check for a version of this var with _FILE appended
+		# and convert the contents to the env var value
+		file_env ${env_var}
+	done
+
 	# Change the user and group IDs if needed
 	map_uidgid
 
diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
index b8d3ab8a3..2eee43fec 100644
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,19 @@ Install Paperless from Docker Hub
         You can copy any setting from the file ``paperless.conf.example`` and paste it here.
         Have a look at :ref:`configuration` to see what's available.
 
+    .. note::
+
+        You can utilize Docker secrets for some configuration settings by
+        appending `_FILE` to some configuration values.  This is supported currently
+        only by:
+          * PAPERLESS_DBUSER
+          * PAPERLESS_DBPASS
+          * PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY
+          * PAPERLESS_AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME
+          * PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER
+          * PAPERLESS_ADMIN_MAIL
+          * PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+
     .. caution::
 
         Some file systems such as NFS network shares don't support file system