diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 5a379cb05..8a3a25252 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -701,6 +701,17 @@ PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES=<bool>
 
     Defaults to false.
 
+PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_USE_LEGACY_DETECTION=<bool>
+    Enables the legacy method of detecting barcodes.  By default, images are
+    extracted directly from the PDF structure for barcode detection.  If this
+    configuration value is set, images of the whole PDF page will be used instead.
+
+    This is a slower and more memory intensive process, but may be required for
+    certain files, depending on how it is produced and how images are encoded.
+
+    Defaults to false.
+
+
 PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_TIFF_SUPPORT=<bool>
     Whether TIFF image files should be scanned for barcodes.
     This will automatically convert any TIFF image(s) to pdfs for later
diff --git a/src/documents/barcodes.py b/src/documents/barcodes.py
index a4be126a5..13e78e181 100644
--- a/src/documents/barcodes.py
+++ b/src/documents/barcodes.py
@@ -150,16 +150,20 @@ def scan_file_for_separating_barcodes(filepath: str) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Lis
         if mime_type == "image/tiff":
             pdf_filepath = convert_from_tiff_to_pdf(filepath)
 
-        try:
-            _pikepdf_barcode_scan(pdf_filepath)
-        except Exception as e:
-
-            logger.warning(
-                f"Exception using pikepdf for barcodes, falling back to pdf2image: {e}",
-            )
-            # Reset this incase pikepdf got part way through
-            separator_page_numbers = []
+        if settings.CONSUMER_USE_LEGACY_DETECTION:
             _pdf2image_barcode_scan(pdf_filepath)
+        else:
+            try:
+                _pikepdf_barcode_scan(pdf_filepath)
+            except Exception as e:
+
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Exception using pikepdf for barcodes,"
+                    f" falling back to pdf2image: {e}",
+                )
+                # Reset this incase pikepdf got part way through
+                separator_page_numbers = []
+                _pdf2image_barcode_scan(pdf_filepath)
 
     else:
         logger.warning(
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
index ee8df9f34..1c4ab7cc3 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py
@@ -468,6 +468,41 @@ class TestBarcode(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(target_file1))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(target_file2))
 
+    @override_settings(CONSUMER_USE_LEGACY_DETECTION=True)
+    def test_barcode_splitter_legacy_fallback(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - File containing barcode
+            - Legacy method of detection is enabled
+        WHEN:
+            - File is scanned for barcodes
+        THEN:
+            - Barcodes are properly detected
+        """
+        test_file = os.path.join(
+            self.BARCODE_SAMPLE_DIR,
+            "patch-code-t-middle.pdf",
+        )
+        tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="paperless-", dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR)
+
+        pdf_file, separator_page_numbers = barcodes.scan_file_for_separating_barcodes(
+            test_file,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(test_file, pdf_file)
+        self.assertTrue(len(separator_page_numbers) > 0)
+
+        document_list = barcodes.separate_pages(test_file, separator_page_numbers)
+        self.assertTrue(document_list)
+        for document in document_list:
+            barcodes.save_to_dir(document, target_dir=tempdir)
+
+        target_file1 = os.path.join(tempdir, "patch-code-t-middle_document_0.pdf")
+        target_file2 = os.path.join(tempdir, "patch-code-t-middle_document_1.pdf")
+
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(target_file1))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(target_file2))
+
     @override_settings(CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES=True)
     def test_consume_barcode_file(self):
         test_file = os.path.join(
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index a262bd501..1fb6ba913 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -558,15 +558,23 @@ CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS = list(
 
 CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS")
 
-CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES = __get_boolean(
+CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES: Final[bool] = __get_boolean(
     "PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_ENABLE_BARCODES",
 )
 
-CONSUMER_BARCODE_TIFF_SUPPORT = __get_boolean(
+CONSUMER_BARCODE_TIFF_SUPPORT: Final[bool] = __get_boolean(
     "PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_TIFF_SUPPORT",
 )
 
-CONSUMER_BARCODE_STRING = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_STRING", "PATCHT")
+CONSUMER_USE_LEGACY_DETECTION: Final[bool] = __get_boolean(
+    "PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_USE_LEGACY_DETECTION",
+    "NO",
+)
+
+CONSUMER_BARCODE_STRING: Final[str] = os.getenv(
+    "PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_BARCODE_STRING",
+    "PATCHT",
+)
 
 OCR_PAGES = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_OCR_PAGES", 0))