diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index fde754d01d..6d54083cf4 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -141,3 +141,9 @@ webui.submit.blocktheses = false
 
 # Default language for content of submissions
 default.language = en_US
+
+##### Media Filter settings #####
+# maximum width and height of generated thumbnails
+thumbnail.maxwidth  80
+thumbnail.maxheight 80
+