diff --git a/common/templates/_persistentvolume.tpl b/common/templates/_persistentvolume.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..969e2d4d98d94ac6944159e6ae205a9cd4830220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/templates/_persistentvolume.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Only use for static provisioning, dynamic provisioning will provision the pv upon request
+{{- define "common.persistentvolume.persistentvolume" -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.name }}
+  {{- with .Values.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: {{ .Values.size }}
+  {{- with .Values.mountOptions }}
+  mountOptions:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.accessModes }}
+  accessModes:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: {{ .Values.reclaimPolicy | default "Retain" }}
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.storageClassName | default "manual" }}
+  {{- with .Values.claimRefName }}
+  claimRef:
+    name: {{ quote . }}
+    namespace: {{ quote $.Release.Namespace }}
+  {{- end}}
+  {{- with .Values.mount }}
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- end }}
+---
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/example/templates/persistentvolumes.yaml b/example/templates/persistentvolumes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf4912ed6995514fd02442b2fb0fa545ebbd1b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/templates/persistentvolumes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{- if .Values.volumes.persistentVolumes.example }}
+{{ include "common.persistentvolume.persistentvolume" (dict "Values" .Values.volumes.persistentVolumes.example "Chart" .Chart "Release" .Release) }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/example/values.yaml b/example/values.yaml
index d59c0e0820ac33a2bdeb5766af8313dc5dcde9c2..7a48e8e351c2580f6f76cdd2bdb3ee6ca637987e 100644
--- a/example/values.yaml
+++ b/example/values.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,20 @@ secrets:
     data:
       username: example
       password: example
+
+volumes:
+  persistentVolumes:
+    example:
+      name: example
+      size: 5Gi
+      mountOptions:
+        - nfsvers=4.1
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteMany
+      reclaimPolicy: Delete
+      storageClassName: manual
+      claimRefName: example
+      mount:
+        nfs:
+          server: 192.168.1.196
+          path: /example