diff --git a/changelog.d/20240926_151223_dave_private_media.md b/changelog.d/20240926_151223_dave_private_media.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7d3d16581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20240926_151223_dave_private_media.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Feature] Create a new /data/openedx-media-private volume to store media files that are not publicly accessible via the browser, and create configuration that Learning Core (openedx-learning) will use to access this storage space. Learning Core will use a sub-directory of /data/openedx-media-private to store Content Library file uploads, but other apps can create their own sub-directories for their own use. (by @ormsbee)
diff --git a/tutor/templates/apps/openedx/settings/partials/common_all.py b/tutor/templates/apps/openedx/settings/partials/common_all.py
index c317f4c06f..105ac5383c 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/apps/openedx/settings/partials/common_all.py
+++ b/tutor/templates/apps/openedx/settings/partials/common_all.py
@@ -246,5 +246,14 @@
     "user": None,
 }
 
+OPENEDX_LEARNING = {
+    'MEDIA': {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "location": "/openedx/media-private/openedx-learning",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 {{ patch("openedx-common-settings") }}
 ######## End of settings common to LMS and CMS
diff --git a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
index 63c2d3c7d3..eddc29cb81 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
       - ../../data/lms:/mounts/lms
       - ../../data/cms:/mounts/cms
       - ../../data/openedx-media:/mounts/openedx
+      - ../../data/openedx-media-private:/mounts/openedx-private
       {% if RUN_MONGODB %}- ../../data/mongodb:/mounts/mongodb{% endif %}
       {% if RUN_MYSQL %}- ../../data/mysql:/mounts/mysql{% endif %}
       {% if RUN_ELASTICSEARCH %}- ../../data/elasticsearch:/mounts/elasticsearch{% endif %}
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ services:
       - ../apps/openedx/uwsgi.ini:/openedx/uwsgi.ini:ro
       - ../../data/lms:/openedx/data
       - ../../data/openedx-media:/openedx/media
+      - ../../data/openedx-media-private:/openedx/media-private
       {%- for mount in iter_mounts(MOUNTS, "openedx", "lms") %}
       - {{ mount }}
       {%- endfor %}
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ services:
       - ../apps/openedx/uwsgi.ini:/openedx/uwsgi.ini:ro
       - ../../data/cms:/openedx/data
       - ../../data/openedx-media:/openedx/media
+      - ../../data/openedx-media-private:/openedx/media-private
       {%- for mount in iter_mounts(MOUNTS, "openedx", "cms") %}
       - {{ mount }}
       {%- endfor %}
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ services:
       - ../apps/openedx/config:/openedx/config:ro
       - ../../data/lms:/openedx/data
       - ../../data/openedx-media:/openedx/media
+      - ../../data/openedx-media-private:/openedx/media-private
       {%- for mount in iter_mounts(MOUNTS, "openedx", "lms-worker") %}
       - {{ mount }}
       {%- endfor %}
@@ -185,6 +189,7 @@ services:
       - ../apps/openedx/config:/openedx/config:ro
       - ../../data/cms:/openedx/data
       - ../../data/openedx-media:/openedx/media
+      - ../../data/openedx-media-private:/openedx/media-private
       {%- for mount in iter_mounts(MOUNTS, "openedx", "cms-worker") %}
       - {{ mount }}
       {%- endfor %}