diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.java
index a79fd42d59..862943a30c 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/mediafilter/ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.java
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ public abstract class ImageMagickThumbnailFilter extends MediaFilter {
         f2.deleteOnExit();
         ConvertCmd cmd = new ConvertCmd();
         IMOperation op = new IMOperation();
+
+        // Optionally override ImageMagick's default density of 72 DPI to use a
+        // "supersample" when creating the PDF thumbnail. Note that I prefer to
+        // use the getProperty() method here instead of getIntPropert() because
+        // the latter always returns an integer (0 in the case it's not set). I
+        // would prefer to keep ImageMagick's default to itself rather than for
+        // us to set one. Also note that the density option *must* come before
+        // we open the input file.
+        String density = configurationService.getProperty(PRE + ".density");
+        if (density != null) {
+            op.density(Integer.valueOf(density));
+        }
+
         String s = "[" + page + "]";
         op.addImage(f.getAbsolutePath() + s);
         if (configurationService.getBooleanProperty(PRE + ".flatten", true)) {
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 29c21325fc..dcf45a607d 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -547,6 +547,12 @@ filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFBoxThumbnail.inputFormats = Adobe PDF
 # org.dspace.app.mediafilter.ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.cmyk_profile = /usr/share/ghostscript/9.18/iccprofiles/default_cmyk.icc
 # org.dspace.app.mediafilter.ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.srgb_profile = /usr/share/ghostscript/9.18/iccprofiles/default_rgb.icc
 
+# Optional: override ImageMagick's default density of 72 when creating PDF thum-
+# bnails. Greatly increases quality of resulting thumbnails, at the expense of
+# slightly longer execution times and higher memory usage. Any integer over 72
+# will help, but recommend 144 for a "2x" supersample.
+# org.dspace.app.mediafilter.ImageMagickThumbnailFilter.density = 144
+
 #### Crosswalk and Packager Plugin Settings ####
 # Crosswalks are used to translate external metadata formats into DSpace's internal format (DIM)
 # Packagers are used to ingest/export 'packages' (both content files and metadata)