diff --git a/nginx/Dockerfile b/nginx/Dockerfile
index 2d3f2a4d..c8e3db5d 100644
--- a/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ ENV \
     PHP_POST_MAX_SIZE=128M \
     PHP_PROCESS_CONTROL_TIMEOUT=60 \
     PHP_REQUEST_TERMINATE_TIMEOUT=60 \
-    PHP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE=128M
+    PHP_UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE=128M \
+    SOLR_HOCR_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/solr/server/solr/contrib/ocrhighlighting/lib
 
 COPY --link rootfs /
diff --git a/nginx/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/www.conf.tmpl b/nginx/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/www.conf.tmpl
index d0d68890..24760ed2 100644
--- a/nginx/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/www.conf.tmpl
+++ b/nginx/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/www.conf.tmpl
@@ -436,3 +436,5 @@ clear_env = yes
 ;php_admin_value[error_log] = /var/log/php83/$pool.error.log
 ;php_admin_flag[log_errors] = on
 ;php_admin_value[memory_limit] = 32M
+
+env['SOLR_HOCR_PLUGIN_PATH'] = {{ getenv "SOLR_HOCR_PLUGIN_PATH" }}