diff --git a/k8s/helm_charts2/templates/filer-statefulset.yaml b/k8s/helm_charts2/templates/filer-statefulset.yaml
index 667466753..94003819f 100644
--- a/k8s/helm_charts2/templates/filer-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm_charts2/templates/filer-statefulset.yaml
@@ -154,13 +154,16 @@ spec:
               {{- end }}
               {{- end }}
               -master={{ range $index := until (.Values.master.replicas | int) }}${SEAWEEDFS_FULLNAME}-master-{{ $index }}.${SEAWEEDFS_FULLNAME}-master:{{ $.Values.master.port }}{{ if lt $index (sub ($.Values.master.replicas | int) 1) }},{{ end }}{{ end }}
-          {{- if or (.Values.global.enableSecurity) (.Values.filer.extraVolumeMounts) }}    
           volumeMounts:
             - name: seaweedfs-filer-log-volume
               mountPath: "/logs/"
             - mountPath: /etc/sw
               name: config-users
               readOnly: true
+            {{- if .Values.filer.enablePVC }}
+            - name: data-filer
+              mountPath: /data
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.global.enableSecurity }}
             - name: security-config
               readOnly: true
@@ -183,7 +186,6 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/client/
             {{- end }}
             {{ tpl .Values.filer.extraVolumeMounts . | nindent 12 | trim }}
-          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.filer.port }}
               name: swfs-filer
@@ -250,16 +252,18 @@ spec:
       nodeSelector:
         {{ tpl .Values.filer.nodeSelector . | indent 8 | trim }}
       {{- end }}
-{{/*  volumeClaimTemplates:*/}}
-{{/*    - metadata:*/}}
-{{/*        name: data-{{ .Release.Namespace }}*/}}
-{{/*      spec:*/}}
-{{/*        accessModes:*/}}
-{{/*          - ReadWriteOnce*/}}
-{{/*        resources:*/}}
-{{/*          requests:*/}}
-{{/*            storage: {{ .Values.filer.storage }}*/}}
-{{/*        {{- if .Values.filer.storageClass }}*/}}
-{{/*        storageClassName: {{ .Values.filer.storageClass }}*/}}
-{{/*      {{- end }}*/}}
+  {{- if .Values.filer.enablePVC }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: data-filer
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+      - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.filer.storage }}
+      {{- if .Values.filer.storageClass }}
+      storageClassName: {{ .Values.filer.storageClass }}
+      {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/k8s/helm_charts2/values.yaml b/k8s/helm_charts2/values.yaml
index 3ffb1824f..08cfe43b1 100644
--- a/k8s/helm_charts2/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm_charts2/values.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ master:
   extraVolumes: ""
   extraVolumeMounts: ""
 
+  # enablePVC will create a pvc for filer for data persistence.
+  enablePVC: false
   # storage and storageClass are the settings for configuring stateful
   # storage for the master pods. storage should be set to the disk size of
   # the attached volume. storageClass is the class of storage which defaults
@@ -357,6 +359,7 @@ filer:
     WEED_MYSQL_CONNECTION_MAX_LIFETIME_SECONDS: "600"
     # enable usage of memsql as filer backend
     WEED_MYSQL_INTERPOLATEPARAMS: "true"
+    # if you want to use leveldb2, then should enable "enablePVC". or you may lose your data.
     WEED_LEVELDB2_ENABLED: "false"
     # with http DELETE, by default the filer would check whether a folder is empty.
     # recursive_delete will delete all sub folders and files, similar to "rm -Rf"