diff --git a/doc/release-notes/6656-file-uploads.md b/doc/release-notes/6656-file-uploads.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2430a5d0a8
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+++ b/doc/release-notes/6656-file-uploads.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+new JVM option: dataverse.files.uploads
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
index 9b570e59e52..17db6098b24 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
@@ -700,6 +700,26 @@ Once you have configured a trusted remote store, you can point your users to the
     
     ===========================================  ==================  ==========================================================================  ===================
 
+.. _temporary-file-storage:
+
+Temporary Upload File Storage
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+When uploading files via the API or Web UI, you need to be aware that multiple steps are involved to enable
+features like ingest processing, transfer to a permanent storage, checking for duplicates, unzipping etc.
+
+All of these processes are triggered after finishing transfers over the wire and moving the data into a temporary
+(configurable) location on disk at :ref:`${dataverse.files.directory} <dataverse.files.directory>`\ ``/temp``.
+
+Before being moved there,
+
+- JSF Web UI uploads are stored at :ref:`${dataverse.files.uploads} <dataverse.files.uploads>`, defaulting to
+  ``/usr/local/payara5/glassfish/domains/domain1/uploads`` folder in a standard installation. This place is
+  configurable and might be set to a separate disk volume where stale uploads are purged periodically.
+- API uploads are stored at the system's temporary files location indicated by the Java system property
+  ``java.io.tmpdir``, defaulting to ``/tmp`` on Linux. If this location is backed by a `tmpfs <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/tmpfs.html>`_
+  on your machine, large file uploads via API will cause RAM and/or swap usage bursts. You might want to point this to
+  a different location, restrict maximum size of it, and monitor for stale uploads.
 
 
 .. _Branding Your Installation:
@@ -1435,11 +1455,27 @@ Note that it's also possible to use the ``dataverse.fqdn`` as a variable, if you
 
 We are absolutely aware that it's confusing to have both ``dataverse.fqdn`` and ``dataverse.siteUrl``. https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/6636 is about resolving this confusion.
 
+.. _dataverse.files.directory:
+
 dataverse.files.directory
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 This is how you configure the path Dataverse uses for temporary files. (File store specific dataverse.files.\<id\>.directory options set the permanent data storage locations.)
 
+.. _dataverse.files.uploads:
+
+dataverse.files.uploads
++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Configure a folder to store the incoming file stream during uploads (before transfering to `${dataverse.files.directory}/temp`).
+Please also see :ref:`temporary-file-storage` for more details.
+You can use an absolute path or a relative, which is relative to the application server domain directory.
+
+Defaults to ``./uploads``, which resolves to ``/usr/local/payara5/glassfish/domains/domain1/uploads`` in a default
+installation.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment variable ``DATAVERSE_FILES_UPLOADS``.
+
 dataverse.auth.password-reset-timeout-in-minutes
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/glassfish-web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/glassfish-web.xml
index ecd3ba15c40..e56d7013abf 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/glassfish-web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/glassfish-web.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@
       <description>Keep a copy of the generated servlet class' java code.</description>
     </property>
   </jsp-config>
+  <parameter-encoding default-charset="UTF-8"/>
+  <!-- Find a list of properties here: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19798-01/821-1750/beayb/index.html -->
   <property name="alternatedocroot_1" value="from=/guides/* dir=./docroot"/>
   <property name="alternatedocroot_2" value="from=/dataexplore/* dir=./docroot"/>
   <property name="alternatedocroot_logos" value="from=/logos/* dir=./docroot"/>
   <property name="alternatedocroot_sitemap" value="from=/sitemap/* dir=./docroot"/>
-  <parameter-encoding default-charset="UTF-8"/>
+  <!--
+    This folder is not only holding compiled JSP pages but also the place where file streams are stored
+    during uploads. As Dataverse does not use any JSP, there will only be uploads stored here.
+  -->
+  <property name="tempdir" value="${MPCONFIG=dataverse.files.uploads:./uploads}"/>
 </glassfish-web-app>