diff --git a/documentcloud/documents/migrations/0058_document_documents_user_id_idx.py b/documentcloud/documents/migrations/0058_document_documents_user_id_idx.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dc6f7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentcloud/documents/migrations/0058_document_documents_user_id_idx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.15 on 2026-10-21 15:34
+
+from django.contrib.postgres.operations import AddIndexConcurrently
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    atomic = False
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "0057_document_documents_org_id_idx"),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.SQUARELET_ORGANIZATION_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        AddIndexConcurrently(
+            model_name="document",
+            index=models.Index(fields=["user", "id"], name="documents_user_id_idx"),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/documentcloud/documents/models/document.py b/documentcloud/documents/models/document.py
index 1a7aaeeb..d773a07c 100644
--- a/documentcloud/documents/models/document.py
+++ b/documentcloud/documents/models/document.py
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ class Meta:
                 fields=["organization", "id"],
                 name="documents_org_id_idx",
             ),
+            models.Index(
+                fields=["user", "id"],
+                name="documents_user_id_idx",
+            ),
         ]
 
     def __str__(self):