diff --git a/docker/joex-entrypoint.sh b/docker/joex-entrypoint.sh
index 3ed3df29..670d923e 100755
--- a/docker/joex-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/joex-entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,18 @@
 echo "Starting unoconv listener"
 unoconv -l &
 
+# replace own ocrmypdf with official dockerfile, i.e. newer version
+if [ -S "/var/run/docker.sock" ]; then
+  if [ ! -f "/usr/local/bin/ocrmypdf.sh" ]; then
+    echo "Found 'docker.sock': Installing Docker and redirecting 'ocrmypdf' command to official dockerfile by jbarlow83"
+    apk --no-cache add docker
+
+    mv /usr/local/bin/joex-ocrmypdf.sh /usr/local/bin/ocrmypdf
+    chmod ug+x /usr/local/bin/ocrmypdf
+  fi
+
+  docker pull -q jbarlow83/ocrmypdf:$OCRMYPDF_VERSION
+  echo "Using OCRmyPDF@Docker v$(ocrmypdf --version)" && echo
+fi
+
 /opt/docspell-joex/bin/docspell-joex "$@"
diff --git a/docker/joex-ocrmypdf.sh b/docker/joex-ocrmypdf.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cce97a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/joex-ocrmypdf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ ! "$1" == "--version" ]; then
+  echo "Using docker image for ocrmypdf (Version: $OCRMYPDF_VERSION)"
+fi
+docker run -v '/tmp/docspell-convert:/tmp/docspell-convert' -e "TZ=$TZ" jbarlow83/ocrmypdf:$OCRMYPDF_VERSION $@
diff --git a/docker/joex.dockerfile b/docker/joex.dockerfile
index 2c14613f..5feff808 100644
--- a/docker/joex.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/joex.dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ FROM ${REPO}:base-binaries-${VERSION} as docspell-base-binaries
 
 FROM ${REPO}:joex-base-${VERSION}
 
+ENV OCRMYPDF_VERSION=v11.2.1
+
 COPY --from=docspell-base-binaries /opt/docspell-joex /opt/docspell-joex
 COPY joex-entrypoint.sh /opt/joex-entrypoint.sh
+COPY joex-ocrmypdf.sh /usr/local/bin/joex-ocrmypdf.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/joex-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["/opt/docspell.conf"]