diff --git a/dask/README.md b/dask/README.md
index 11ca206..dfd891d 100644
--- a/dask/README.md
+++ b/dask/README.md
@@ -112,11 +112,15 @@ their default values.
 | `jupyter.tolerations`         | Tolerations                        | `[]`                    |
 | `jupyter.nodeSelector`        | nodeSelector                       | `{}`                    |
 | `jupyter.affinity`            | Container affinity                 | `{}`                    |
-| `jupyter.ingress.enabled`     | Enable ingress controller resource | false                   |
+| `jupyter.ingress.enabled`     | Enable ingress controller resource | `false`                 |
 | `jupyter.ingress.hostname`    | Ingress resource hostnames         | dask-ui.example.com     |
-| `jupyter.ingress.tls`         | Ingress TLS configuration          | false                   |
+| `jupyter.ingress.tls`         | Ingress TLS configuration          | `false`                 |
 | `jupyter.ingress.secretName`  | Ingress TLS secret name            | `dask-jupyter-tls`      |
 | `jupyter.ingress.annotations` | Ingress annotations configuration  | null                    |
+| `jupyter.persistent.enable`   | Enable persistent storage          | `false`                 |
+| `jupyter.persistent.size`     | Size of persistent storage         | `1Gi`                   |
+| `jupyter.persistent.path`     | Path of Persistent Volume mount    | `/home/jovyan`          |
+
 
 #### Jupyter Password
 
diff --git a/dask/templates/dask-jupyter-deployment.yaml b/dask/templates/dask-jupyter-deployment.yaml
index 38b30ba..b7d9ed2 100644
--- a/dask/templates/dask-jupyter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/dask/templates/dask-jupyter-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ spec:
     spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml .Values.jupyter.image.pullSecrets | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- if (and .Values.jupyter.persistent.enable .Values.jupyter.persistent.setPermissions) }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: {{ .Release.Name }}-jupyter-volume-permissions
+          image: busybox:1.31.1
+          command: ["sh", "-c", "chmod -Rv 755 /data/ && chown 1000:100 -R /data/"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: jupyter-persistent
+              mountPath: /data
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ template "dask.fullname" . }}-jupyter
           image: "{{ .Values.jupyter.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.jupyter.image.tag }}"
@@ -43,6 +52,10 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config-volume
               mountPath: /usr/local/etc/jupyter
+          {{- if .Values.jupyter.persistent.enable }}
+            - name: jupyter-persistent
+              mountPath: {{ .Values.jupyter.persistent.path }}
+          {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: DASK_SCHEDULER_ADDRESS
               value: {{ template "dask.fullname" . }}-scheduler:{{ .Values.scheduler.servicePort }}
@@ -53,6 +66,11 @@ spec:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
             name: {{ template "dask.fullname" . }}-jupyter-config
+        {{- if .Values.jupyter.persistent.enable }}
+        - name: jupyter-persistent
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: {{ .Release.Name }}-jupyter-persistent
+        {{- end }}
     {{- with .Values.jupyter.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -72,4 +90,21 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.jupyter.serviceAccountName }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.jupyter.serviceAccountName | quote }}
     {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.jupyter.persistent.enable }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-jupyter-persistent
+spec:
+  {{- if (not (eq .Values.jupyter.persistent.storageClass "default")) }}
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.jupyter.persistent.storageClass }}
+  {{- end }}
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.jupyter.persistent.size }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/dask/values.yaml b/dask/values.yaml
index 0be80b1..354fed6 100644
--- a/dask/values.yaml
+++ b/dask/values.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ jupyter:
   servicePort: 80
   # This hash corresponds to the password 'dask'
   password: 'sha1:aae8550c0a44:9507d45e087d5ee481a5ce9f4f16f37a0867318c'
+  persistent:
+    enable: false
+    storageClass: "default"
+    size: 1Gi
+    path: /home/jovyan/
+    # run init container that will set the volume directory ownership to jovyan
+    setPermissions: true
   env:
   #  - name: EXTRA_CONDA_PACKAGES
   #    value: "numba xarray -c conda-forge"