diff --git a/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md b/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
index 1f34b5c6d00a4..ac3502efb9219 100644
--- a/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/docs/install/environment-variables.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ These environment variables are used by the `docker-compose.yml` file and do **N
 | `IMMICH_PROCESS_INVALID_IMAGES`     | When `true`, generate thumbnails for invalid images                                       |                              | server                   | microservices      |
 | `IMMICH_TRUSTED_PROXIES`            | List of comma separated IPs set as trusted proxies                                        |                              | server                   | api                |
 | `IMMICH_IGNORE_MOUNT_CHECK_ERRORS`  | See [System Integrity](/docs/administration/system-integrity)                             |                              | server                   | api, microservices |
+| `IMMICH_SKIP_UTIMES`                | Does not call [`utimes`](https://linux.die.net/man/2/utimes) on files after processing. This can be useful for certain filesystems such as [geesefs](https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs) that do not support it | `false` | server |  |
 
 \*1: `TZ` should be set to a `TZ identifier` from [this list][tz-list]. For example, `TZ="Etc/UTC"`.
 `TZ` is used by `exiftool` as a fallback in case the timezone cannot be determined from the image metadata. It is also used for logfile timestamps and cron job execution.
diff --git a/server/src/dtos/env.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/env.dto.ts
index 6c238252a633a..6d70ef23cc711 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/env.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/env.dto.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export class EnvDto {
   @Optional()
   IMMICH_REPOSITORY_URL?: string;
 
+  @ValidateBoolean({ optional: true })
+  IMMICH_SKIP_UTIMES?: boolean;
+
   @IsString()
   @Optional()
   IMMICH_SOURCE_REF?: string;
diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/config.interface.ts b/server/src/interfaces/config.interface.ts
index 300b55f27b6fd..c8a88e80723e2 100644
--- a/server/src/interfaces/config.interface.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/config.interface.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export interface EnvData {
 
   storage: {
     ignoreMountCheckErrors: boolean;
+    skipUtimes: boolean;
   };
 
   workers: ImmichWorker[];
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
index a8a1c9972b3d5..423f619e261d2 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/config.repository.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ const getEnv = (): EnvData => {
 
     storage: {
       ignoreMountCheckErrors: !!dto.IMMICH_IGNORE_MOUNT_CHECK_ERRORS,
+      skipUtimes: !!dto.IMMICH_SKIP_UTIMES,
     },
 
     telemetry: {
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/storage.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/storage.repository.ts
index e4c0c68451477..c386e8ec1b8f6 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/storage.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/storage.repository.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { CrawlOptionsDto, WalkOptionsDto } from 'src/dtos/library.dto';
 import { ILoggerRepository } from 'src/interfaces/logger.interface';
+import { IConfigRepository } from "src/interfaces/config.interface";
 import {
   DiskUsage,
   IStorageRepository,
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ import { mimeTypes } from 'src/utils/mime-types';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class StorageRepository implements IStorageRepository {
-  constructor(@Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository) {
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(ILoggerRepository) private logger: ILoggerRepository,
+    @Inject(IConfigRepository) private configRepository: IConfigRepository,
+  ) {
     this.logger.setContext(StorageRepository.name);
   }
 
@@ -60,6 +64,9 @@ export class StorageRepository implements IStorageRepository {
   }
 
   utimes(filepath: string, atime: Date, mtime: Date) {
+    if (this.configRepository.getEnv().storage.skipUtimes){
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
     return fs.utimes(filepath, atime, mtime);
   }