diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/managers.py b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/managers.py
index f5d63bdda3..c435114b41 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/managers.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/managers.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 
@@ -48,3 +49,16 @@ class DocumentPageContentManager(models.Manager):
                 action_object=document_version.document,
                 target=document_version
             )
+
+
+class DocumentTypeSettingsManager(models.Manager):
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, document_type_natural_key):
+        DocumentType = apps.get_model(
+            app_label='documents', model_name='DocumentType'
+        )
+        try:
+            document_type = DocumentType.objects.get_by_natural_key(document_type_natural_key)
+        except DocumentType.DoesNotExist:
+            raise self.model.DoesNotExist
+
+        return self.get(document_type__pk=document_type.pk)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/models.py b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/models.py
index 30ea3ee81f..c17caf39c1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_parsing/models.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_parsing/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from documents.models import DocumentPage, DocumentType, DocumentVersion
 
-from .managers import DocumentPageContentManager
+from .managers import DocumentPageContentManager, DocumentTypeSettingsManager
 
 
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ class DocumentTypeSettings(models.Model):
         verbose_name=_('Automatically queue newly created documents for parsing.')
     )
 
+    objects = DocumentTypeSettingsManager()
+
+    def natural_key(self):
+        return self.document_type.natural_key()
+    natural_key.dependencies = ['documents.DocumentType']
+
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _('Document type settings')
         verbose_name_plural = _('Document types settings')