diff --git a/immich/.env.example b/immich/.env.example
index 6852f61..31d4a40 100644
--- a/immich/.env.example
+++ b/immich/.env.example
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ IMMICH_POSTGRES_USER=
 IMMICH_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
 
 REDIS_HOSTNAME=
+
+IMMICH_EXTERNAL_MEDIA_LOCATION=
diff --git a/immich/docker-compose.yml b/immich/docker-compose.yml
index 3b15d23..b02fa36 100644
--- a/immich/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/immich/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ services:
     #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
     #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
     volumes:
-      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
+      - ${IMMICH_EXTERNAL_MEDIA_LOCATION}:/external:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     env_file:
       - .env