diff --git a/chart/drupal-operations/templates/drupalsite-backup.yaml b/chart/drupal-operations/templates/drupalsite-backup.yaml
index 855da4a660e8a4a8f8dabcfd1d500784392f2a03..69df2354b5b97d640459d6960691aa316057eda1 100644
--- a/chart/drupal-operations/templates/drupalsite-backup.yaml
+++ b/chart/drupal-operations/templates/drupalsite-backup.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ spec:
         export RESOURCE_NAME=$NAMESPACE-$BACKUP_NAME-$TIMESTAMP_HASH
         export PROJECT_HASH=$(printf '%s' "$NAMESPACE" | md5sum | awk '{print $1}')
         export VELERO_NAMESPACE={{ .Values.veleroNamespace }}
+        export VELERO_BACKUP_STORAGE_LOCATION={{ .Values.veleroBackupStorageLocation }}
         envsubst < /tekton-task-templates/backup_resource.yaml | oc create -f -
         timeout 120s sh -c -- 'while [[ $(oc get "backup/$RESOURCE_NAME" -n "$VELERO_NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}') != "Completed" ]]; do printf "Backup in progress\n"; sleep 2s; done'
         backupStatus=$(oc get backup/$RESOURCE_NAME -n $VELERO_NAMESPACE -o=jsonpath='{.status.phase}' | grep -i -E 'failed|completed|partiallyfailed' || echo "Failed")
diff --git a/chart/drupal-operations/values.yaml b/chart/drupal-operations/values.yaml
index 990f94c4f80b061f25a247bc7817367c30418758..d18c12672e256d280d982288ac7ccdeaaee148f2 100644
--- a/chart/drupal-operations/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/drupal-operations/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 image: gitlab-registry.cern.ch/drupal/paas/drupal-operations/openshift-cli:velero-restore
 restoreServiceAccount: ""
 veleroNamespace: ""
+veleroBackupStorageLocation: "default"
diff --git a/tekton-task-templates/backup_resource.yaml b/tekton-task-templates/backup_resource.yaml
index f6d193c13eecc1495e5d6b63a32720ea4318f0fd..09da9d7323791afa4aeb87aadc3189fb2180e073 100644
--- a/tekton-task-templates/backup_resource.yaml
+++ b/tekton-task-templates/backup_resource.yaml
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       app: drupal
       drupalSite: $DRUPALSITE
+  storageLocation: $VELERO_BACKUP_STORAGE_LOCATION
   ttl: 87600h0m0s    # 10 years (prevent cleanup of on-demand backups)
 status: {}