diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b5be367..5929040 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ To exclude or disable file formats from the admin site, configure `IMPORT_EXPORT
 
         IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_EXCLUDED_FORMATS = ["csv", "xls"]
 
+Customizing File Storage Backend
+--------------------------------
+
+Define a custom storage backend by adding the `IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_STORAGE` to your Django settings. For instance:
+
+    ::
+
+        IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_STORAGE = "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage"
 
 Customizing email template for export job completion email
 ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -215,10 +223,10 @@ Before submitting a PR please run `flake8` and (in the examples directory) `pyth
 
 Please note, that you need to restart celery for changes to propogate to the workers. Do this with `docker-compose down celery`, `docker-compose up celery`.
 
-Comercial support
+Commercial support
 -----------------
 
-Comercial support is provided by `gradesta s.r.o <https://gradesta.com/support/>`_.
+Commercial support is provided by `gradesta s.r.o <https://gradesta.com/support/>`_.
 
 Credits
 -------
diff --git a/example/project/settings.py b/example/project/settings.py
index 58b6c6a..f5fce3f 100644
--- a/example/project/settings.py
+++ b/example/project/settings.py
@@ -135,3 +135,4 @@
 }
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
+IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_STORAGE = "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage"
diff --git a/import_export_celery/fields.py b/import_export_celery/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53ad05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import_export_celery/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class ImportExportFileField(models.FileField):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # If the user has specified a custom storage backend, use it.
+        if settings.IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_STORAGE:
+            storage_class = get_storage_class(settings.IMPORT_EXPORT_CELERY_STORAGE)
+            kwargs["storage"] = storage_class()
+
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/import_export_celery/models/exportjob.py b/import_export_celery/models/exportjob.py
index 3eb01b3..66f5691 100644
--- a/import_export_celery/models/exportjob.py
+++ b/import_export_celery/models/exportjob.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
+from ..fields import ImportExportFileField
 from ..tasks import run_export_job
 from ..utils import get_formats
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._content_type = None
 
-    file = models.FileField(
+    file = ImportExportFileField(
         verbose_name=_("exported file"),
         upload_to="django-import-export-celery-export-jobs",
         blank=False,
diff --git a/import_export_celery/models/importjob.py b/import_export_celery/models/importjob.py
index a9bef5b..c6d3a6d 100644
--- a/import_export_celery/models/importjob.py
+++ b/import_export_celery/models/importjob.py
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 
 from import_export.formats.base_formats import DEFAULT_FORMATS
 
+from ..fields import ImportExportFileField
 from ..tasks import run_import_job
 
 
 @with_author
 class ImportJob(models.Model):
-    file = models.FileField(
+    file = ImportExportFileField(
         verbose_name=_("File to be imported"),
         upload_to="django-import-export-celery-import-jobs",
         blank=False,
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class ImportJob(models.Model):
         max_length=255,
     )
 
-    change_summary = models.FileField(
+    change_summary = ImportExportFileField(
         verbose_name=_("Summary of changes made by this import"),
         upload_to="django-import-export-celery-import-change-summaries",
         blank=True,