diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
index d2bbcbe88..0df86260c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ properties of the persistent storage that stores postgres data.
   documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/)
   for the details on storage classes. Optional.
 
+* **subPath**
+  Subpath to use when mounting volume into Spilo container
+
 ### Sidecar definitions
 
 Those parameters are defined under the `sidecars` key. They consist of a list
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index 33c3a159b..165139be3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type MaintenanceWindow struct {
 type Volume struct {
 	Size         string `json:"size"`
 	StorageClass string `json:"storageClass"`
+	SubPath      string `json:"subPath,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PostgresqlParam describes PostgreSQL version and pairs of configuration parameter name - values.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
index 02bdcca1c..1f8825090 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 	    "teamId": "ACID",
 	    "volume": {
 	      "size": "5Gi",
-	      "storageClass": "SSD"
+	      "storageClass": "SSD",
+	      "subPath": "subdir"
 	    },
 	    "numberOfInstances": 2,
 	    "users": {
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 				Volume: Volume{
 					Size:         "5Gi",
 					StorageClass: "SSD",
+					SubPath:      "subdir",
 				},
 				Patroni: Patroni{
 					InitDB: map[string]string{
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			},
 			Error: "",
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"9.6","parameters":{"log_statement":"all","max_connections":"10","shared_buffers":"32MB"}},"volume":{"size":"5Gi","storageClass":"SSD"},"patroni":{"initdb":{"data-checksums":"true","encoding":"UTF8","locale":"en_US.UTF-8"},"pg_hba":["hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5","host    all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5"],"ttl":30,"loop_wait":10,"retry_timeout":10,"maximum_lag_on_failover":33554432,"slots":{"permanent_logical_1":{"database":"foo","plugin":"pgoutput","type":"logical"}}},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"50Mi"},"limits":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"3000Mi"}},"teamId":"ACID","allowedSourceRanges":["127.0.0.1/32"],"numberOfInstances":2,"users":{"zalando":["superuser","createdb"]},"maintenanceWindows":["Mon:01:00-06:00","Sat:00:00-04:00","05:00-05:15"],"clone":{"cluster":"acid-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"9.6","parameters":{"log_statement":"all","max_connections":"10","shared_buffers":"32MB"}},"volume":{"size":"5Gi","storageClass":"SSD", "subPath": "subdir"},"patroni":{"initdb":{"data-checksums":"true","encoding":"UTF8","locale":"en_US.UTF-8"},"pg_hba":["hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5","host    all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5"],"ttl":30,"loop_wait":10,"retry_timeout":10,"maximum_lag_on_failover":33554432,"slots":{"permanent_logical_1":{"database":"foo","plugin":"pgoutput","type":"logical"}}},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"50Mi"},"limits":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"3000Mi"}},"teamId":"ACID","allowedSourceRanges":["127.0.0.1/32"],"numberOfInstances":2,"users":{"zalando":["superuser","createdb"]},"maintenanceWindows":["Mon:01:00-06:00","Sat:00:00-04:00","05:00-05:15"],"clone":{"cluster":"acid-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// example with teamId set in input
 	{
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 0b2cb0c34..808105a6d 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -342,11 +342,12 @@ func isBootstrapOnlyParameter(param string) bool {
 		param == "track_commit_timestamp"
 }
 
-func generateVolumeMounts() []v1.VolumeMount {
+func generateVolumeMounts(volume acidv1.Volume) []v1.VolumeMount {
 	return []v1.VolumeMount{
 		{
 			Name:      constants.DataVolumeName,
 			MountPath: constants.PostgresDataMount, //TODO: fetch from manifest
+			SubPath:   volume.SubPath,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*v1beta1.State
 	// pickup the docker image for the spilo container
 	effectiveDockerImage := util.Coalesce(spec.DockerImage, c.OpConfig.DockerImage)
 
-	volumeMounts := generateVolumeMounts()
+	volumeMounts := generateVolumeMounts(spec.Volume)
 
 	// generate the spilo container
 	c.logger.Debugf("Generating Spilo container, environment variables: %v", spiloEnvVars)