diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
index 0a70d8c44..e197bff85 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ spec:
                 -mserver={{ if .Values.global.masterServer }}{{.Values.global.masterServer}}{{ else }}{{ range $index := until (.Values.master.replicas | int) }}${SEAWEEDFS_FULLNAME}-master-{{ $index }}.${SEAWEEDFS_FULLNAME}-master.{{ $.Release.Namespace }}:{{ $.Values.master.port }}{{ if lt $index (sub ($.Values.master.replicas | int) 1) }},{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}
           volumeMounts:
             {{- range $dir := .Values.volume.dataDirs }}
+            {{- if not ( eq $dir.type "custom" ) }}
             - name: {{ $dir.name }}
               mountPath: "/{{ $dir.name }}/"
             {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.volume.logs }}
             - name: logs
               mountPath: "/logs/"
diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index af62ac36f..94ac8b567 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ volume:
   #   - name: data
   #     type: "emptyDir"
   #     maxVolumes: 0  # If set to zero on non-windows OS, the limit will be auto configured. (default "7")
+  #
+  # If these don't meet your needs, you can use "custom" here along with extraVolumes and extraVolumeMounts
+  # Particularly useful when using more than 1 for the volume server replicas.
+  #   - name: data
+  #     type: "custom"
+  #     maxVolumes: 0  # If set to zero on non-windows OS, the limit will be auto configured. (default "7")
 
   dataDirs:
   - name: data1
@@ -381,6 +387,15 @@ volume:
   sidecars: []
   initContainers: ""
 
+  # Example for use when using more than 1 volume server replica
+  # extraVolumeMounts: |
+  #   - name: drive
+  #     mountPath: /drive
+  #     subPathExpr: $(POD_NAME)
+  # extraVolumes: |
+  #   - name: drive
+  #     hostPath:
+  #       path: /var/mnt/
   extraVolumes: ""
   extraVolumeMounts: ""