diff --git a/charts/platform-api/Chart.yaml b/charts/platform-api/Chart.yaml
index 5fb4573..f6f26a8 100644
--- a/charts/platform-api/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/platform-api/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: ushahidi-platform-api
-version: 0.0.1-alpha.31
+version: 0.0.1-alpha.32
 icon: https://github.ushahidi.org/helm-charts/icon.png
diff --git a/charts/platform-api/templates/mysql.yml b/charts/platform-api/templates/mysql.yml
index 2f5af33..dc5d12a 100644
--- a/charts/platform-api/templates/mysql.yml
+++ b/charts/platform-api/templates/mysql.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   accessModes:
     - {{ .Values.mysql.persistence.accessMode | quote }}
+{{- if .Values.mysql.persistence.volumeName }}
+  volumeName: {{ .Values.mysql.persistence.volumeName | quote }}
+{{- end }}
   resources:
     requests:
       storage: {{ .Values.mysql.persistence.size | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/platform-api/values.yaml b/charts/platform-api/values.yaml
index c9bc550..099e8b5 100644
--- a/charts/platform-api/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/platform-api/values.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ mysql:
     enabled: true
     accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
     size: 8Gi
+    # volumeName:
     # storageClass:
     # existingClaim:
     annotations: {}