diff --git a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
index 3da243d29..2b41a4f43 100644
--- a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ For the Images Pipeline, set :setting:`IMAGES_URLS_FIELD` and/or
 If you need something more complex and want to override the custom pipeline
 behaviour, see :ref:`topics-media-pipeline-override`.
 
+.. note:: If you have multiple image pipelines and you want to have different settings in different pipelines
+   you can either set class attributes in pipeline object or add custom settings keys and load them at pipeline
+   initialization.
+
 
 Additional features
 ===================
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline_images.py b/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
index 3ce138000..49257e175 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline_images.py
@@ -256,6 +256,29 @@ class ImagesPipelineTestCaseCustomSettings(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.pipeline.thumbs, self.default_settings.get('IMAGES_THUMBS', default))
         self.assertEqual(another_pipeline.thumbs, custom_thumbs)
 
+    def test_class_attrs_preserved(self):
+
+        class UserDefinedImagePipeline(ImagesPipeline):
+            MIN_WIDTH = 1000
+
+        # If image settings are not defined values are taken from class attributes.
+        pipeline = UserDefinedImagePipeline.from_settings(Settings({"IMAGES_STORE": self.tempdir}))
+        self.assertEqual(pipeline.min_width, 1000)
+
+    def test_class_attrs_not_preserved_if_settings_defined(self):
+
+        class UserDefinedImagePipeline(ImagesPipeline):
+            MIN_WIDTH = 1000
+
+        settings = {
+            "IMAGES_STORE": self.tempdir,
+            "IMAGES_MIN_WIDTH": 90
+        }
+
+        # If image settings are defined they override class attributes.
+        pipeline = UserDefinedImagePipeline.from_settings(Settings(settings))
+        self.assertEqual(pipeline.min_width, 90)
+
 
 def _create_image(format, *a, **kw):
     buf = TemporaryFile()