diff --git a/docs/advanced_usage.md b/docs/advanced_usage.md
index 87f397954..aa52d2f59 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_usage.md
+++ b/docs/advanced_usage.md
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ variables:
 | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
 | `DOCUMENT_ID`                | Database primary key of the document           |
 | `DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME`         | Formatted filename, not including paths        |
+| `DOCUMENT_TYPE`              | The document type (if any)                     |
 | `DOCUMENT_CREATED`           | Date & time when document created              |
 | `DOCUMENT_MODIFIED`          | Date & time when document was last modified    |
 | `DOCUMENT_ADDED`             | Date & time when document was added            |
diff --git a/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh b/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
index 154f9df71..fbcd0b4cf 100755
--- a/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
+++ b/scripts/post-consumption-example.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ A document with an id of ${DOCUMENT_ID} was just consumed.  I know the
 following additional information about it:
 
 * Generated File Name: ${DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME}
+* Document type: ${DOCUMENT_TYPE}
 * Archive Path: ${DOCUMENT_ARCHIVE_PATH}
 * Source Path: ${DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH}
 * Created: ${DOCUMENT_CREATED}
diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index c78c21d37..7a57d2535 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ class ConsumerPlugin(
         script_env = os.environ.copy()
 
         script_env["DOCUMENT_ID"] = str(document.pk)
+        script_env["DOCUMENT_TYPE"] = str(document.document_type)
         script_env["DOCUMENT_CREATED"] = str(document.created)
         script_env["DOCUMENT_MODIFIED"] = str(document.modified)
         script_env["DOCUMENT_ADDED"] = str(document.added)
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
index 370ff0ef6..3c17ddfaf 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
@@ -1174,12 +1174,16 @@ class PostConsumeTestCase(DirectoriesMixin, GetConsumerMixin, TestCase):
                 m.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.run_subprocess")
-    def test_post_consume_script_with_correspondent(self, m):
+    def test_post_consume_script_with_correspondent_and_type(self, m):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as script:
             with override_settings(POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT=script.name):
                 c = Correspondent.objects.create(name="my_bank")
+                t = DocumentType.objects.create(
+                    name="Test type",
+                )
                 doc = Document.objects.create(
                     title="Test",
+                    document_type=t,
                     mime_type="application/pdf",
                     correspondent=c,
                 )
@@ -1207,6 +1211,7 @@ class PostConsumeTestCase(DirectoriesMixin, GetConsumerMixin, TestCase):
 
                 subset = {
                     "DOCUMENT_ID": str(doc.pk),
+                    "DOCUMENT_TYPE": "Test type",
                     "DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL": f"/api/documents/{doc.pk}/download/",
                     "DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL": f"/api/documents/{doc.pk}/thumb/",
                     "DOCUMENT_CORRESPONDENT": "my_bank",