diff --git a/ecs/Dockerfile b/ecs/Dockerfile
index 010da57..6243176 100644
--- a/ecs/Dockerfile
+++ b/ecs/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="ProcessOne <contact@process-one.net>" \
 # Create directory structure and user for ejabberd
 RUN addgroup ejabberd -g 9000 \
  && adduser -s /bin/sh -D -G ejabberd ejabberd -u 9000 \
- && mkdir -p /home/ejabberd/conf /home/ejabberd/database /home/ejabberd/logs \
+ && mkdir -p /home/ejabberd/conf /home/ejabberd/database /home/ejabberd/logs /home/ejabberd/upload \
  && chown -R ejabberd:ejabberd /home/ejabberd
 
 # Install required dependencies
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ADD --chown=ejabberd:ejabberd https://download.process-one.net/cacert.pem conf/c
 
 # Setup runtime environment
 USER ejabberd
-VOLUME ["$HOME/database","$HOME/conf","$HOME/logs"]
+VOLUME ["$HOME/database","$HOME/conf","$HOME/logs","$HOME/upload"]
 EXPOSE 1883 4369-4399 5222 5269 5280 5443
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/home/ejabberd/bin/ejabberdctl"]
diff --git a/ecs/README.md b/ecs/README.md
index 5bf4d8b..a089b9e 100644
--- a/ecs/README.md
+++ b/ecs/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Here are the volume you may want to map:
 - /home/ejabberd/logs/: Directory containing log files
 - /home/ejabberd/database/: Directory containing Mnesia database. You should back up or export the content of the directory to persistent storage (host storage, local storage, any storage plugin)
 - /home/ejabberd/conf/: Directory containing configuration and certificates
+- /home/ejabberd/upload/: Directory containing uploaded files. This should also be backed up.
 
 All these files are owned by ejabberd user inside the container. Corresponding
 UID:GID is 9000:9000. If you prefer bind mounts instead of docker volumes, then