diff --git a/manifests/deis-minio-pv.yaml b/manifests/deis-minio-pv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a96e1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/deis-minio-pv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: deis-minio-data
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: 8Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  hostPath:
+    path: /mnt/minio/data
diff --git a/manifests/deis-minio-pvc.yaml b/manifests/deis-minio-pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..510924b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/deis-minio-pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: deis-minio-data
+  labels:
+    type: local
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 8Gi
diff --git a/manifests/deis-minio-rc.yaml b/manifests/deis-minio-rc.yaml
index a4a6b13..290e113 100644
--- a/manifests/deis-minio-rc.yaml
+++ b/manifests/deis-minio-rc.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ spec:
             # not running with ssl yet
             # - "--cert=/var/run/secrets/deis/minio/ssl/access-cert"
             # - "--key=/var/run/secrets/deis/minio/ssl/access-pem"
-            - "server"
-            - "/home/minio/"
+            - server
+            - /mnt/minio/data
           volumeMounts:
             - name: minio-admin
               mountPath: /var/run/secrets/deis/minio/admin
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ spec:
             - name: minio-user
               mountPath: /var/run/secrets/deis/minio/user
               readOnly: true
+            - name: minio-data
+              mountPath: /mnt/minio/data
             # - name: minio-ssl
             #   mountPath: /var/run/secrets/deis/minio/ssl
             #   readOnly: true
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ spec:
         - name: minio-user
           secret:
             secretName: minio-user
+        - name: minio-data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: deis-minio-data
+
         # - name: minio-ssl
         #   secret:
         #     secretName: minio-ssl
diff --git a/rootfs/Dockerfile b/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 6a12fdb..6ce4167 100644
--- a/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y -q curl
 RUN curl -f -SL https://dl.minio.io:9000/updates/2015/Sept/linux-amd64/mc -o /usr/bin/mc
 RUN chmod 755 /usr/bin/mc
 COPY . /
+RUN mkdir -p /mnt/minio/data && chmod 777 /mnt/minio/data
 USER minio
 RUN mkdir /home/minio/.minio
 ENTRYPOINT ["boot"]