diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
index f64080ed5..3c666b9ab 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,28 @@ spec:
             - teamId
             - postgresql
           properties:
+            additionalVolumes:
+              type: array
+              items:
+                type: object
+                required:
+                  - name
+                  - mountPath
+                  - volumeSource
+                properties:
+                  name:
+                    type: string
+                  mountPath:
+                    type: string
+                  targetContainers:
+                    type: array
+                    nullable: true
+                    items:
+                      type: string
+                  volumeSource:
+                    type: object
+                  subPath:
+                    type: string
             allowedSourceRanges:
               type: array
               nullable: true
diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
index 0cbcdc08e..361e32780 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ These parameters are grouped directly under  the `spec` key in the manifest.
   [the reference schedule format](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/job/automated-tasks-with-cron-jobs/#schedule)
   into account. Optional. Default is: "30 00 \* \* \*"
 
+* **additionalVolumes**
+  List of additional volumes to mount in each container of the statefulset pod.
+  Each item must contain a `name`, `mountPath`, and `volumeSource` which is a
+  [kubernetes volumeSource](https://godoc.org/k8s.io/api/core/v1#VolumeSource).
+  It allows you to mount existing PersistentVolumeClaims, ConfigMaps and Secrets inside the StatefulSet.
+  Also an `emptyDir` volume can be shared between initContainer and statefulSet.
+  Additionaly, you can provide a `SubPath` for volume mount (a file in a configMap source volume, for example).
+  You can also specify in which container the additional Volumes will be mounted with the `targetContainers` array option.
+  If `targetContainers` is empty, additional volumes will be mounted only in the `postgres` container.
+  If you set the `all` special item, it will be mounted in all containers (postgres + sidecars).
+  Else you can set the list of target containers in which the additional volumes will be mounted (eg : postgres, telegraf)
+  
 ## Postgres parameters
 
 Those parameters are grouped under the `postgresql` top-level key, which is
diff --git a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
index 6de6db11e..23b0b6096 100644
--- a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@ spec:
   volume:
     size: 1Gi
 #    storageClass: my-sc
+  additionalVolumes:
+    - name: data
+      mountPath: /home/postgres/pgdata/partitions
+      targetContainers:
+        - postgres
+      volumeSource:
+        PersistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: pvc-postgresql-data-partitions
+          readyOnly: false
+    - name: conf
+      mountPath: /etc/telegraf
+      subPath: telegraf.conf
+      targetContainers:
+        - telegraf-sidecar
+      volumeSource:
+        configMap:
+          name: my-config-map
+    - name: empty
+      mountPath: /opt/empty
+      targetContainers:
+        - all
+      volumeSource:
+        emptyDir: {}
   numberOfInstances: 2
   users:  # Application/Robot users
     zalando:
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
index f8631f0b7..c9d60d60a 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ spec:
             - teamId
             - postgresql
           properties:
+            additionalVolumes:
+              type: array
+              items:
+                type: object
+                required:
+                  - name
+                  - mountPath
+                  - volumeSource
+                properties:
+                  name:
+                    type: string
+                  mountPath:
+                    type: string
+                  targetContainers:
+                    type: array
+                    nullable: true
+                    items:
+                      type: string
+                  volumeSource:
+                    type: object
+                  subPath:
+                    type: string
             allowedSourceRanges:
               type: array
               nullable: true
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
index 60dd66ba8..d693d0e15 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go
@@ -682,6 +682,37 @@ var PostgresCRDResourceValidation = apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceValidation{
 							},
 						},
 					},
+					"additionalVolumes": {
+						Type: "array",
+						Items: &apiextv1beta1.JSONSchemaPropsOrArray{
+							Schema: &apiextv1beta1.JSONSchemaProps{
+								Type:     "object",
+								Required: []string{"name", "mountPath", "volumeSource"},
+								Properties: map[string]apiextv1beta1.JSONSchemaProps{
+									"name": {
+										Type: "string",
+									},
+									"mountPath": {
+										Type: "string",
+									},
+									"targetContainers": {
+										Type: "array",
+										Items: &apiextv1beta1.JSONSchemaPropsOrArray{
+											Schema: &apiextv1beta1.JSONSchemaProps{
+												Type: "string",
+											},
+										},
+									},
+									"volumeSource": {
+										Type: "object",
+									},
+									"subPath": {
+										Type: "string",
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			"status": {
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index b1b6a36a6..04b70cba8 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type PostgresSpec struct {
 	PodAnnotations        map[string]string    `json:"podAnnotations"`
 	ServiceAnnotations    map[string]string    `json:"serviceAnnotations"`
 	TLS                   *TLSDescription      `json:"tls"`
+	AdditionalVolumes     []AdditionalVolume   `json:"additionalVolumes,omitempty"`
 
 	// deprecated json tags
 	InitContainersOld       []v1.Container `json:"init_containers,omitempty"`
@@ -98,6 +99,14 @@ type Volume struct {
 	SubPath      string `json:"subPath,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type AdditionalVolume struct {
+	Name             string          `json:"name"`
+	MountPath        string          `json:"mountPath"`
+	SubPath          string          `json:"subPath"`
+	TargetContainers []string        `json:"targetContainers"`
+	VolumeSource     v1.VolumeSource `json:"volume"`
+}
+
 // PostgresqlParam describes PostgreSQL version and pairs of configuration parameter name - values.
 type PostgresqlParam struct {
 	PgVersion  string            `json:"version"`
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 8de61bdea..e6f53af9d 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func mountShmVolumeNeeded(opConfig config.Config, spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) *bo
 	return opConfig.ShmVolume
 }
 
-func generatePodTemplate(
+func (c *Cluster) generatePodTemplate(
 	namespace string,
 	labels labels.Set,
 	annotations map[string]string,
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ func generatePodTemplate(
 	additionalSecretMount string,
 	additionalSecretMountPath string,
 	volumes []v1.Volume,
+	additionalVolumes []acidv1.AdditionalVolume,
 ) (*v1.PodTemplateSpec, error) {
 
 	terminateGracePeriodSeconds := terminateGracePeriod
@@ -559,6 +560,10 @@ func generatePodTemplate(
 		addSecretVolume(&podSpec, additionalSecretMount, additionalSecretMountPath)
 	}
 
+	if additionalVolumes != nil {
+		c.addAdditionalVolumes(&podSpec, additionalVolumes)
+	}
+
 	template := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Labels:      labels,
@@ -1084,7 +1089,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 	annotations := c.generatePodAnnotations(spec)
 
 	// generate pod template for the statefulset, based on the spilo container and sidecars
-	podTemplate, err = generatePodTemplate(
+	podTemplate, err = c.generatePodTemplate(
 		c.Namespace,
 		c.labelsSet(true),
 		annotations,
@@ -1104,7 +1109,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 		c.OpConfig.AdditionalSecretMount,
 		c.OpConfig.AdditionalSecretMountPath,
 		volumes,
-	)
+		spec.AdditionalVolumes)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate pod template: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1298,6 +1304,69 @@ func addSecretVolume(podSpec *v1.PodSpec, additionalSecretMount string, addition
 	podSpec.Volumes = volumes
 }
 
+func (c *Cluster) addAdditionalVolumes(podSpec *v1.PodSpec,
+	additionalVolumes []acidv1.AdditionalVolume) {
+
+	volumes := podSpec.Volumes
+	mountPaths := map[string]acidv1.AdditionalVolume{}
+	for i, v := range additionalVolumes {
+		if previousVolume, exist := mountPaths[v.MountPath]; exist {
+			msg := "Volume %+v cannot be mounted to the same path as %+v"
+			c.logger.Warningf(msg, v, previousVolume)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if v.MountPath == constants.PostgresDataMount {
+			msg := "Cannot mount volume on postgresql data directory, %+v"
+			c.logger.Warningf(msg, v)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if v.TargetContainers == nil {
+			spiloContainer := podSpec.Containers[0]
+			additionalVolumes[i].TargetContainers = []string{spiloContainer.Name}
+		}
+
+		for _, target := range v.TargetContainers {
+			if target == "all" && len(v.TargetContainers) != 1 {
+				msg := `Target containers could be either "all" or a list
+						of containers, mixing those is not allowed, %+v`
+				c.logger.Warningf(msg, v)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		volumes = append(volumes,
+			v1.Volume{
+				Name:         v.Name,
+				VolumeSource: v.VolumeSource,
+			},
+		)
+
+		mountPaths[v.MountPath] = v
+	}
+
+	c.logger.Infof("Mount additional volumes: %+v", additionalVolumes)
+
+	for i := range podSpec.Containers {
+		mounts := podSpec.Containers[i].VolumeMounts
+		for _, v := range additionalVolumes {
+			for _, target := range v.TargetContainers {
+				if podSpec.Containers[i].Name == target || target == "all" {
+					mounts = append(mounts, v1.VolumeMount{
+						Name:      v.Name,
+						MountPath: v.MountPath,
+						SubPath:   v.SubPath,
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		podSpec.Containers[i].VolumeMounts = mounts
+	}
+
+	podSpec.Volumes = volumes
+}
+
 func generatePersistentVolumeClaimTemplate(volumeSize, volumeStorageClass string) (*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
 
 	var storageClassName *string
@@ -1702,7 +1771,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateLogicalBackupJob() (*batchv1beta1.CronJob, error) {
 	annotations := c.generatePodAnnotations(&c.Spec)
 
 	// re-use the method that generates DB pod templates
-	if podTemplate, err = generatePodTemplate(
+	if podTemplate, err = c.generatePodTemplate(
 		c.Namespace,
 		labels,
 		annotations,
@@ -1721,8 +1790,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateLogicalBackupJob() (*batchv1beta1.CronJob, error) {
 		"",
 		c.OpConfig.AdditionalSecretMount,
 		c.OpConfig.AdditionalSecretMountPath,
-		nil); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate pod template for logical backup pod: %v", err)
+		nil,
+		[]acidv1.AdditionalVolume{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate pod template for logical backup pod: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// overwrite specific params of logical backups pods
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
index 0930279d2..5b55e988c 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
@@ -1021,3 +1021,172 @@ func TestTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, s.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, v1.EnvVar{Name: "SSL_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE", Value: "/tls/tls.key"})
 	assert.Contains(t, s.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env, v1.EnvVar{Name: "SSL_CA_FILE", Value: "/tls/ca.crt"})
 }
+
+func TestAdditionalVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	testName := "TestAdditionalVolume"
+	tests := []struct {
+		subTest   string
+		podSpec   *v1.PodSpec
+		volumePos int
+	}{
+		{
+			subTest: "empty PodSpec",
+			podSpec: &v1.PodSpec{
+				Volumes: []v1.Volume{},
+				Containers: []v1.Container{
+					{
+						VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			volumePos: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			subTest: "non empty PodSpec",
+			podSpec: &v1.PodSpec{
+				Volumes: []v1.Volume{{}},
+				Containers: []v1.Container{
+					{
+						Name: "postgres",
+						VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+							{
+								Name:      "data",
+								ReadOnly:  false,
+								MountPath: "/data",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			volumePos: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			subTest: "non empty PodSpec with sidecar",
+			podSpec: &v1.PodSpec{
+				Volumes: []v1.Volume{{}},
+				Containers: []v1.Container{
+					{
+						Name: "postgres",
+						VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+							{
+								Name:      "data",
+								ReadOnly:  false,
+								MountPath: "/data",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					{
+						Name: "sidecar",
+						VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+							{
+								Name:      "data",
+								ReadOnly:  false,
+								MountPath: "/data",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			volumePos: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	var cluster = New(
+		Config{
+			OpConfig: config.Config{
+				ProtectedRoles: []string{"admin"},
+				Auth: config.Auth{
+					SuperUsername:       superUserName,
+					ReplicationUsername: replicationUserName,
+				},
+			},
+		}, k8sutil.KubernetesClient{}, acidv1.Postgresql{}, logger)
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		// Test with additional volume mounted in all containers
+		additionalVolumeMount := []acidv1.AdditionalVolume{
+			{
+				Name:             "test",
+				MountPath:        "/test",
+				TargetContainers: []string{"all"},
+				VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+					EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		numMounts := len(tt.podSpec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts)
+
+		cluster.addAdditionalVolumes(tt.podSpec, additionalVolumeMount)
+		volumeName := tt.podSpec.Volumes[tt.volumePos].Name
+
+		if volumeName != additionalVolumeMount[0].Name {
+			t.Errorf("%s %s: Expected volume %v was not created, have %s instead",
+				testName, tt.subTest, additionalVolumeMount, volumeName)
+		}
+
+		for i := range tt.podSpec.Containers {
+			volumeMountName := tt.podSpec.Containers[i].VolumeMounts[tt.volumePos].Name
+
+			if volumeMountName != additionalVolumeMount[0].Name {
+				t.Errorf("%s %s: Expected mount %v was not created, have %s instead",
+					testName, tt.subTest, additionalVolumeMount, volumeMountName)
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		numMountsCheck := len(tt.podSpec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts)
+
+		if numMountsCheck != numMounts+1 {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected number of VolumeMounts: got %v instead of %v",
+				numMountsCheck, numMounts+1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		// Test with additional volume mounted only in first container
+		additionalVolumeMount := []acidv1.AdditionalVolume{
+			{
+				Name:             "test",
+				MountPath:        "/test",
+				TargetContainers: []string{"postgres"},
+				VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+					EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		numMounts := len(tt.podSpec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts)
+
+		cluster.addAdditionalVolumes(tt.podSpec, additionalVolumeMount)
+		volumeName := tt.podSpec.Volumes[tt.volumePos].Name
+
+		if volumeName != additionalVolumeMount[0].Name {
+			t.Errorf("%s %s: Expected volume %v was not created, have %s instead",
+				testName, tt.subTest, additionalVolumeMount, volumeName)
+		}
+
+		for _, container := range tt.podSpec.Containers {
+			if container.Name == "postgres" {
+				volumeMountName := container.VolumeMounts[tt.volumePos].Name
+
+				if volumeMountName != additionalVolumeMount[0].Name {
+					t.Errorf("%s %s: Expected mount %v was not created, have %s instead",
+						testName, tt.subTest, additionalVolumeMount, volumeMountName)
+				}
+
+				numMountsCheck := len(container.VolumeMounts)
+				if numMountsCheck != numMounts+1 {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected number of VolumeMounts: got %v instead of %v",
+						numMountsCheck, numMounts+1)
+				}
+			} else {
+				numMountsCheck := len(container.VolumeMounts)
+				if numMountsCheck == numMounts+1 {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected number of VolumeMounts: got %v instead of %v",
+						numMountsCheck, numMounts)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}