diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
index 283bfa557..748b6953e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cli/install/install.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	NodeAgentConfigMap              string
 	ItemBlockWorkerCount            int
 	ConcurrentBackups               int
+	PVCForTmp                       string
 	NodeAgentDisableHostPath        bool
 	kubeletRootDir                  string
 	ServerPriorityClassName         string
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@ func (o *Options) BindFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		o.NodeAgentConfigMap,
 		"The name of ConfigMap containing node-agent configurations.",
 	)
+	flags.StringVar(
+		&o.PVCForTmp,
+		"pvc-for-tmp",
+		o.PVCForTmp,
+		"The name of PVC to be used as /tmp dir of Velero server pod. Optional.",
+	)
 	flags.IntVar(
 		&o.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
 		"item-block-worker-count",
@@ -321,6 +328,7 @@ func (o *Options) AsVeleroOptions() (*install.VeleroOptions, error) {
 		NodeAgentConfigMap:              o.NodeAgentConfigMap,
 		ItemBlockWorkerCount:            o.ItemBlockWorkerCount,
 		ConcurrentBackups:               o.ConcurrentBackups,
+		PVCForTmp:                       o.PVCForTmp,
 		KubeletRootDir:                  o.kubeletRootDir,
 		NodeAgentDisableHostPath:        o.NodeAgentDisableHostPath,
 		ServerPriorityClassName:         o.ServerPriorityClassName,
diff --git a/pkg/install/deployment.go b/pkg/install/deployment.go
index d1010d294..84f94d01d 100644
--- a/pkg/install/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/install/deployment.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type podTemplateConfig struct {
 	nodeAgentConfigMap              string
 	itemBlockWorkerCount            int
 	concurrentBackups               int
+	pvcForTmp                       string
 	forWindows                      bool
 	kubeletRootDir                  string
 	nodeAgentDisableHostPath        bool
@@ -231,6 +232,12 @@ func WithConcurrentBackups(concurrentBackups int) podTemplateOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithPVCForTmp(pvcForTmp string) podTemplateOption {
+	return func(c *podTemplateConfig) {
+		c.pvcForTmp = pvcForTmp
+	}
+}
+
 func WithPriorityClassName(priorityClassName string) podTemplateOption {
 	return func(c *podTemplateConfig) {
 		c.priorityClassName = priorityClassName
@@ -431,6 +438,28 @@ func Deployment(namespace string, opts ...podTemplateOption) *appsv1api.Deployme
 		},
 	}
 
+	if c.pvcForTmp != "" {
+		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes = append(
+			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes,
+			corev1api.Volume{
+				Name: "tmp",
+				VolumeSource: corev1api.VolumeSource{
+					PersistentVolumeClaim: &corev1api.PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource{
+						ClaimName: c.pvcForTmp,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		)
+
+		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts = append(
+			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].VolumeMounts,
+			corev1api.VolumeMount{
+				Name:      "tmp",
+				MountPath: "/tmp",
+			},
+		)
+	}
+
 	if c.withSecret {
 		deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes = append(
 			deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes,
diff --git a/pkg/install/resources.go b/pkg/install/resources.go
index 5c7534774..1d550ca86 100644
--- a/pkg/install/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/install/resources.go
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ type VeleroOptions struct {
 	NodeAgentConfigMap              string
 	ItemBlockWorkerCount            int
 	ConcurrentBackups               int
+	PVCForTmp                       string
 	KubeletRootDir                  string
 	NodeAgentDisableHostPath        bool
 	ServerPriorityClassName         string
@@ -366,6 +367,10 @@ func AllResources(o *VeleroOptions) *unstructured.UnstructuredList {
 		WithConcurrentBackups(o.ConcurrentBackups),
 	}
 
+	if o.PVCForTmp != "" {
+		deployOpts = append(deployOpts, WithPVCForTmp(o.PVCForTmp))
+	}
+
 	if o.ServerPriorityClassName != "" {
 		deployOpts = append(deployOpts, WithPriorityClassName(o.ServerPriorityClassName))
 	}