diff --git a/documents/docker-compose.yml b/documents/docker-compose.yml
index 4a8d23f..4eff212 100644
--- a/documents/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/documents/docker-compose.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ services:
             PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE: eng
             PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD: 15
             PAPERLESS_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME: '/paperless'
+            PAPERLESS_ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER: true
         networks:
             - paperless
             - proxy