diff --git a/doc/source/devref/glusterfs_native_driver.rst b/doc/source/devref/glusterfs_native_driver.rst
index 5bf08c9b3d..362bab4c4a 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/glusterfs_native_driver.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/glusterfs_native_driver.rst
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ Known Restrictions
 - Certificate setup (aka trust setup) between instance and storage backend is
   out of band of Manila.
 - Support for 'create_share_from_snapshot' is planned for Liberty release.
+- For Manila to use GlusterFS volumes, the name of the trashcan directory in
+  GlusterFS volumes must not be changed from the default.
 
 The :mod:`manila.share.drivers.glusterfs_native.GlusterfsNativeShareDriver` Module
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/etc/manila/rootwrap.d/share.filters b/etc/manila/rootwrap.d/share.filters
index 04ac6eb2a5..07e329dc39 100644
--- a/etc/manila/rootwrap.d/share.filters
+++ b/etc/manila/rootwrap.d/share.filters
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ ip: CommandFilter, ip, root
 # manila/network/linux/interface.py: 'ovs-vsctl', 'add-port', '%s', '%s'
 ovs-vsctl: CommandFilter, ovs-vsctl, root
 
+# manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py: 'find', '%s', '-mindepth', '1', '!', '-path', '%s', '!', '-path', '%s', '-delete'
 # manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py: 'find', '%s', '-mindepth', '1', '-delete'
-find_del: RegExpFilter, find, root, find, .*, -mindepth, 1, -delete
+find: CommandFilter, find, root
 
 # manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py: 'umount', '%s'
 umount: CommandFilter, umount, root
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py b/manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py
index 7a980ec99c..429a4fb7bf 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/glusterfs_native.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Supports working with multiple glusterfs volumes.
 """
 
 import errno
-import pipes
+import os
 import random
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -508,8 +508,28 @@ class GlusterfsNativeShareDriver(driver.ExecuteMixin, driver.ShareDriver):
             shutil.rmtree(tmpdir, ignore_errors=True)
             raise
 
-        # Delete only the contents, not the directory.
-        cmd = ['find', pipes.quote(tmpdir), '-mindepth', '1', '-delete']
+        # extracting Gluster server address, i.e.,'[remote_user]@host' from the
+        # GlusterManager object.
+        srvaddr = re.sub(':/' + gluster_mgr.volume + '$', '',
+                         gluster_mgr.qualified)
+
+        # Delete the contents of a GlusterFS volume that is temporarily
+        # mounted.
+        # From GlusterFS version 3.7, two directories, '.trashcan' at the root
+        # of the GlusterFS volume and 'internal_op' within the '.trashcan'
+        # directory, are internally created when a GlusterFS volume is started.
+        # GlusterFS does not allow unlink(2) of the two directories. So do not
+        # delete the paths of the two directories, but delete their contents
+        # along with the rest of the contents of the volume.
+        if glusterfs.GlusterManager.numreduct(self.glusterfs_versions[srvaddr]
+                                              ) < (3, 7):
+            cmd = ['find', tmpdir, '-mindepth', '1', '-delete']
+        else:
+            ignored_dirs = map(lambda x: os.path.join(tmpdir, *x),
+                               [('.trashcan', ), ('.trashcan', 'internal_op')])
+            cmd = ['find', tmpdir, '-mindepth', '1', '!', '-path',
+                   ignored_dirs[0], '!', '-path', ignored_dirs[1], '-delete']
+
         try:
             self._execute(*cmd, run_as_root=True)
         except exception.ProcessExecutionError as exc:
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/test_glusterfs_native.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/test_glusterfs_native.py
index 699460bea0..fd26143a1a 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/test_glusterfs_native.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/test_glusterfs_native.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class GlusterfsNativeShareDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self._driver = glusterfs_native.GlusterfsNativeShareDriver(
                 execute=self._execute,
                 configuration=self.fake_conf)
-
+        self._driver.glusterfs_versions = {self.glusterfs_server1: ('3', '6'),
+                                           self.glusterfs_server2: ('3', '7')}
         self.addCleanup(fake_utils.fake_execute_set_repliers, [])
         self.addCleanup(fake_utils.fake_execute_clear_log)
 
@@ -470,7 +471,14 @@ class GlusterfsNativeShareDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(exception.GlusterfsException,
                           self._driver._do_umount, tmpdir)
 
-    def test_wipe_gluster_vol(self):
+    @ddt.data({'vers_minor': '6',
+               'cmd': 'find /tmp/tmpKGHKJ -mindepth 1 -delete'},
+              {'vers_minor': '7',
+               'cmd': 'find /tmp/tmpKGHKJ -mindepth 1 ! -path '
+                      '/tmp/tmpKGHKJ/.trashcan ! -path '
+                      '/tmp/tmpKGHKJ/.trashcan/internal_op -delete'})
+    @ddt.unpack
+    def test_wipe_gluster_vol(self, vers_minor, cmd):
         self._driver._restart_gluster_vol = mock.Mock()
         self._driver._do_mount = mock.Mock()
         self._driver._do_umount = mock.Mock()
@@ -483,8 +491,9 @@ class GlusterfsNativeShareDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         gmgr = glusterfs.GlusterManager
         gmgr1 = gmgr(self.glusterfs_target1, self._execute, None, None)
-
-        expected_exec = ['find /tmp/tmpKGHKJ -mindepth 1 -delete']
+        self._driver.glusterfs_versions = {
+            self.glusterfs_server1: ('3', vers_minor)}
+        expected_exec = [cmd]
 
         self._driver._wipe_gluster_vol(gmgr1)