diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
index 837dabfea89..59a4a0364d4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ class AdminSite:
 
             info = (app_label, model._meta.model_name)
             model_dict = {
+                'model': model,
                 'name': capfirst(model._meta.verbose_name_plural),
                 'object_name': model._meta.object_name,
                 'perms': perms,
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index 8da7a72f102..2e99c498e94 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -3025,6 +3025,7 @@ Templates can override or extend base admin templates as described in
 
       Each model is a dict with the following keys:
 
+      * ``model``: the model class
       * ``object_name``: class name of the model
       * ``name``: plural name of the model
       * ``perms``: a ``dict`` tracking ``add``, ``change``, ``delete``, and
@@ -3032,6 +3033,10 @@ Templates can override or extend base admin templates as described in
       * ``admin_url``: admin changelist URL for the model
       * ``add_url``: admin URL to add a new model instance
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 4.0
+
+        The ``model`` variable for each model was added.
+
 .. method:: AdminSite.has_permission(request)
 
     Returns ``True`` if the user for the given ``HttpRequest`` has permission
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
index fdd4b6c39ba..3168200070e 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Minor features
 
 * The navigation sidebar now has a quick filter toolbar.
 
+* The new context variable ``model`` which contains the model class for each
+  model is added to the :meth:`.AdminSite.each_context` method.
+
 :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/test_adminsite.py b/tests/admin_views/test_adminsite.py
index efee6f39c6e..4874bc48c89 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/test_adminsite.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/test_adminsite.py
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ class SiteEachContextTest(TestCase):
         admin_views = apps[0]
         self.assertEqual(admin_views['app_label'], 'admin_views')
         self.assertEqual(len(admin_views['models']), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(admin_views['models'][0]['object_name'], 'Article')
+        article = admin_views['models'][0]
+        self.assertEqual(article['object_name'], 'Article')
+        self.assertEqual(article['model'], Article)
 
         # auth.User
         auth = apps[1]
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ class SiteEachContextTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(auth['models']), 1)
         user = auth['models'][0]
         self.assertEqual(user['object_name'], 'User')
+        self.assertEqual(user['model'], User)
 
         self.assertEqual(auth['app_url'], '/test_admin/admin/auth/')
         self.assertIs(auth['has_module_perms'], True)