diff --git a/api/config/settings/common.py b/api/config/settings/common.py
index f376781b0..50c62e9d5 100644
--- a/api/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/api/config/settings/common.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
     'dynamic_preferences',
     'django_filters',
     'cacheops',
+    'django_cleanup',
 )
 
 
diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index d88483de4..13c0efdbc 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ cryptography>=2,<3
 # requests-http-signature==0.0.3
 # clone until the branch is merged and released upstream
 git+https://github.com/EliotBerriot/requests-http-signature.git@signature-header-support
+django-cleanup==2.1.0
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/241.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/241.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c84c497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/241.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Autoremove media files on model instance deletion (#241)