diff --git a/package/docker/openmrs/Dockerfile b/package/docker/openmrs/Dockerfile
index fbcd3fc5..a35d870f 100644
--- a/package/docker/openmrs/Dockerfile
+++ b/package/docker/openmrs/Dockerfile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ RUN ln -s /etc/bahmni_config ${OPENMRS_APPLICATION_DATA_DIRECTORY}/bahmni_config
 RUN mkdir -p /home/bahmni/patient_images
 RUN mkdir -p /home/bahmni/document_images
 RUN mkdir -p /home/bahmni/uploaded_results
+RUN mkdir -p /home/bahmni/uploaded-files
 COPY package/resources/blank-user.png /etc/bahmni/
 
 # Used by envsubst command for replacing environment values at runtime
diff --git a/package/docker/openmrs/bahmni_startup.sh b/package/docker/openmrs/bahmni_startup.sh
index 4051d1b0..413ce9c7 100755
--- a/package/docker/openmrs/bahmni_startup.sh
+++ b/package/docker/openmrs/bahmni_startup.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ then
 echo "setting the folder permissions"
 setfacl -R -d -m o::rx -m g::rx /home/bahmni/document_images
 setfacl -R -d -m o::rx -m g::rx /home/bahmni/uploaded_results
+setfacl -R -d -m o::rx -m g::rx /home/bahmni/uploaded-files
 fi
 
 echo "Running OpenMRS Startup Script..."
diff --git a/package/helm/openmrs/templates/deployment.yaml b/package/helm/openmrs/templates/deployment.yaml
index 568af315..14463d4d 100644
--- a/package/helm/openmrs/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/package/helm/openmrs/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ spec:
               name: bahmni-config
             - mountPath: /home/bahmni/uploaded_results
               name: bahmni-uploaded-results
+            - mountPath: /home/bahmni/uploaded-files
+              name: bahmni-uploaded-files
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
       #   - name: openmrs-data
@@ -101,3 +103,6 @@ spec:
         - name: bahmni-uploaded-results
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: bahmni-uploaded-results-pvc
+        - name: bahmni-uploaded-files
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: bahmni-uploaded-files-pvc
diff --git a/package/helm/openmrs/templates/volumes/bahmni-uploaded-files.yaml b/package/helm/openmrs/templates/volumes/bahmni-uploaded-files.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15894078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/helm/openmrs/templates/volumes/bahmni-uploaded-files.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    environment: {{ .Values.metadata.labels.environment }}
+  name: bahmni-uploaded-files-pvc
+spec:
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.global.storageClass }}
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteMany
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.volumes.uploadedFiles.capacity }}
diff --git a/package/helm/openmrs/values.yaml b/package/helm/openmrs/values.yaml
index a0cf7f96..b4a856da 100644
--- a/package/helm/openmrs/values.yaml
+++ b/package/helm/openmrs/values.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ volumes:
     capacity: "1Gi"
   uploadedResults:
     capacity: "2Gi"
+  uploadedFiles:
+    capacity: "2Gi"
 nodeSelector: {}
 affinity: {}
 tolerations: {}