diff --git a/env.d/development/common.dist b/env.d/development/common.dist
index 97b8e08a..ec20b2d5 100644
--- a/env.d/development/common.dist
+++ b/env.d/development/common.dist
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ STORAGES_STATICFILES_BACKEND=django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStora
 AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL=http://minio:9000
 AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=impress
 AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=password
+MEDIA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8083
 
 # OIDC
 OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT=http://nginx:8083/realms/impress/protocol/openid-connect/certs
diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
index d6bee63e..203c1942 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ class ConfigView(views.APIView):
         """
         array_settings = [
             "ENVIRONMENT",
+            "MEDIA_BASE_URL",
             "LANGUAGES",
             "LANGUAGE_CODE",
             "SENTRY_DSN",
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_config.py b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_config.py
index ac5d32db..405ff27a 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_config.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_config.py
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ from core import factories
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
 
-@override_settings(SENTRY_DSN="https://sentry.test/123")
+@override_settings(
+    SENTRY_DSN="https://sentry.test/123",
+    MEDIA_BASE_URL="http://testserver/",
+)
 def test_api_config_anonymous():
     """Anonymous users should be allowed to get the configuration."""
     client = APIClient()
@@ -26,10 +29,13 @@ def test_api_config_anonymous():
         "LANGUAGE_CODE": "en-us",
         "SENTRY_DSN": "https://sentry.test/123",
         "ENVIRONMENT": "test",
+        "MEDIA_BASE_URL": "http://testserver/",
     }
 
 
-@override_settings(SENTRY_DSN="https://sentry.test/123")
+@override_settings(
+    SENTRY_DSN="https://sentry.test/123", MEDIA_BASE_URL="http://testserver/"
+)
 def test_api_config_authenticated():
     """Authenticated users should be allowed to get the configuration."""
     user = factories.UserFactory()
@@ -44,4 +50,5 @@ def test_api_config_authenticated():
         "LANGUAGE_CODE": "en-us",
         "SENTRY_DSN": "https://sentry.test/123",
         "ENVIRONMENT": "test",
+        "MEDIA_BASE_URL": "http://testserver/",
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/impress/settings.py b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
index e1994644..ec62e86d 100755
--- a/src/backend/impress/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "static")
     MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
     MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "media")
+    MEDIA_BASE_URL = values.Value(
+        None, environ_name="MEDIA_BASE_URL", environ_prefix=None
+    )
 
     SITE_ID = 1