diff --git a/doc/source/user/index.rst b/doc/source/user/index.rst
index 7f16eee280..2fcd478f0e 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/index.rst
@@ -1500,6 +1500,9 @@ _`monitoring_storage_class_name`
   The kubernetes storage class name to use for the prometheus pvc.
   Using this label will activate the usage of a pvc instead of local
   disk space.
+  When using monitoring_storage_class_name 2 pvcs will be created.
+  One for the prometheus server which size is set by
+  monitoring_retention_size and one for grafana which is fixed at 1Gi.
   Default: ""
 
 _`prometheus_adapter_enabled`
diff --git a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/prometheus-operator.sh b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/prometheus-operator.sh
index 6398c3e9cd..db05225c6e 100755
--- a/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/prometheus-operator.sh
+++ b/magnum/drivers/common/templates/kubernetes/helm/prometheus-operator.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ EOF
     # Because the PVC and Prometheus use different scales for the volume size
     # conversion is needed. The prometheus-monitoring value (in GB) is the conversion
     # with a ratio of (1 GiB = 1.073741824 GB) and then rounded to int
+
     MONITORING_RETENTION_SIZE_GB=$(echo | awk "{print int(${MONITORING_RETENTION_SIZE}*1.073741824)}")
+    APP_GRAFANA_PERSISTENT_STORAGE="false"
+    if [ "${MONITORING_STORAGE_CLASS_NAME}" != "" ]; then
+        APP_GRAFANA_PERSISTENT_STORAGE="true"
+    fi
 
     # Validate if communication node <-> master is secure or insecure
     PROTOCOL="https"
@@ -71,6 +76,10 @@ prometheus-operator:
         cpu: 100m
         memory: 128Mi
     adminPassword: ${GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWD}
+    persistence:
+      enabled: ${APP_GRAFANA_PERSISTENT_STORAGE}
+      storageClassName: ${MONITORING_STORAGE_CLASS_NAME}
+      size: 1Gi
 
   kubeApiServer:
     tlsConfig:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/altered_grafanaUI_dashboards_persistency-1106b2e259a769b0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/altered_grafanaUI_dashboards_persistency-1106b2e259a769b0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d826a4fbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/altered_grafanaUI_dashboards_persistency-1106b2e259a769b0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add persistency for grafana UI altered dashboards. To enable this use
+    monitoring_storage_class_name label.
+    It is recommended that dashboards be persisted by other means, mainly
+    by using kubernetes configMaps. More info [0].
+
+    [0] https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/grafana#sidecar-for-dashboards