diff --git a/chart/drupalsite-operator/templates/manager-deploy.yaml b/chart/drupalsite-operator/templates/manager-deploy.yaml
index 3cf1db4c6c422e5bda53058a1c73f51ec83ae214..b953eed59005b6415fae4ac80b799c6de58249d2 100644
--- a/chart/drupalsite-operator/templates/manager-deploy.yaml
+++ b/chart/drupalsite-operator/templates/manager-deploy.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ spec:
         - --cluster-name={{.Values.drupalsiteOperator.clusterName}}
         - --easystart-backup-name={{.Values.drupalsiteOperator.easystartBackupName}}
         - --supported-drupal-version-name={{.Values.drupalsiteOperator.supportedDrupalVersionName}}
+        - --velero-backup-storage-location={{.Values.drupalsiteOperator.veleroBackupStorageLocation}}
         command:
         - /manager
         image: {{ .Values.image | quote }}
diff --git a/chart/drupalsite-operator/values.yaml b/chart/drupalsite-operator/values.yaml
index ad2414bbef1ca9d6f43677d83fff59bf6758326a..d08e4c7441065bd45d3bc6f54af76a6c2547df6e 100644
--- a/chart/drupalsite-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/drupalsite-operator/values.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ drupalsiteOperator:
   enableTopologySpread: false
   clusterName: {}
   easystartBackupName: ""
+  veleroBackupStorageLocation: "default"
diff --git a/controllers/drupalsite_controller.go b/controllers/drupalsite_controller.go
index aa3e87d622973fbc4136a514bd8dcc4094d6ef47..fa0ac7ca6e6372d4a422b530879b67a59f95592f 100644
--- a/controllers/drupalsite_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/drupalsite_controller.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ var (
 	EasystartBackupName string
 	// SupportedDrupalVersion Name
 	SupportedDrupalVersionName string
+	// VeleroBackupStorageLocation refers to the name of the Velero backupStorageLocation to be used
+	VeleroBackupStorageLocation string
 )
 
 // DrupalSiteReconciler reconciles a DrupalSite object
diff --git a/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go b/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
index 1ea567ed8d0b0c21464fc40f1a3dcb203c5e3400..3fc03f5100dcd7c204e10cd6dc38d550b9cc3ffc 100644
--- a/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
+++ b/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
@@ -1658,6 +1658,7 @@ func scheduledBackupsForDrupalSite(currentobject *velerov1.Schedule, d *webservi
 		TTL: metav1.Duration{
 			Duration: 14 * 24 * time.Hour,
 		},
+		StorageLocation: VeleroBackupStorageLocation,
 	}
 	// Set UseOwnerReferencesInBackup to False since we do not want the Backups to be deleted when Schedule object is deleted or modified
 	currentobject.Spec.UseOwnerReferencesInBackup = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index bda9695bd3c87c05811682ffdd67cafcc7da4b55..090f679facab43ffda0bdba45071c4218e776aea 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
 	ClusterName = "test"
 	EasystartBackupName = "easystart-backup"
 	SupportedDrupalVersionName = "supported-drupal-versions"
+	VeleroBackupStorageLocation = "default"
 
 	By("bootstrapping test environment")
 	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 692c3b0cbfc647709a59669a5c8d2c541a8083a0..94892db88e5de520d571a0f9ac9ddbaa82817ca8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&controllers.EasystartBackupName, "easystart-backup-name", "", "The name of the easy-start backup")
 	// The variable name is set here: https://gitlab.cern.ch/drupal/paas/cern-drupal-distribution/-/blob/master/supporteddrupalversions/chart/templates/supported-drupal-versions.yaml
 	flag.StringVar(&controllers.SupportedDrupalVersionName, "supported-drupal-version-name", "supported-drupal-versions", "The name of the resource used cluster-wide for supported drupal versions")
+	flag.StringVar(&controllers.VeleroBackupStorageLocation, "velero-backup-storage-location", "default", "The name of the backupStorageLocation to be used for Velero Schedules created by the controller")
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: false,
 	}