diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/container/container_helper.py b/manila/share/drivers/container/container_helper.py
index cea4462061..81bd3daeb7 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/container/container_helper.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/container/container_helper.py
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ class DockerExecHelper(driver.ExecuteMixin):
         # provide any more possibilities for an exploitation than other
         # first-party drivers.
 
+        path = "{0}:/shares".format(
+            self.configuration.container_volume_mount_path)
         cmd = ["docker", "run", "-d", "-i", "-t", "--privileged",
                "-v", "/dev:/dev", "--name=%s" % name,
-               "-v", "/tmp/shares:/shares", image_name]
+               "-v", path, image_name]
         try:
             result = self._inner_execute(cmd)
         except (exception.ProcessExecutionError, OSError):
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/container/driver.py b/manila/share/drivers/container/driver.py
index 251cf3beec..75b22086e1 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/container/driver.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/container/driver.py
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ container_opts = [
                help="Helper which facilitates interaction with storage "
                     "solution used to actually store data. By default LVM "
                     "is used to provide storage for a share."),
+    cfg.StrOpt("container_volume_mount_path",
+               default="/tmp/shares",
+               help="Folder name in host to which logical volume will be "
+                    "mounted prior to providing access to it from a "
+                    "container."),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/manila/share/drivers/container/storage_helper.py b/manila/share/drivers/container/storage_helper.py
index 0df3bb2220..c5570132c0 100644
--- a/manila/share/drivers/container/storage_helper.py
+++ b/manila/share/drivers/container/storage_helper.py
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ class LVMHelper(driver.ExecuteMixin):
                             share_name)
 
     def _get_lv_folder(self, share_name):
-        # Provides folder name in hosts /tmp to which logical volume is
-        # mounted prior to providing access to it from a container.
-        return os.path.join("/tmp/shares", share_name)
+        return os.path.join(self.configuration.container_volume_mount_path,
+                            share_name)
 
     def provide_storage(self, share_name, size):
         self._execute("lvcreate", "-p", "rw", "-L",
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_container_helper.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_container_helper.py
index 2cf7da8b34..8f8ca68cae 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_container_helper.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_container_helper.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class DockerExecHelperTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(DockerExecHelperTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.fake_conf = configuration.Configuration(None)
         self.fake_conf.container_image_name = "fake_image"
+        self.fake_conf.container_volume_mount_path = "/tmp/shares"
         self.DockerExecHelper = container_helper.DockerExecHelper(
             configuration=self.fake_conf)
 
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_storage_helper.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_storage_helper.py
index cae63a47dc..68cb9f98dd 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_storage_helper.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/container/test_storage_helper.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class LVMHelperTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(LVMHelperTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.share = fake_share()
         self.fake_conf = configuration.Configuration(None)
+        self.fake_conf.container_volume_mount_path = "/tmp/shares"
         self.LVMHelper = storage_helper.LVMHelper(configuration=self.fake_conf)
 
     def fake_exec_sync(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/mount-volume-path-ff3c3f83039e1a3f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/mount-volume-path-ff3c3f83039e1a3f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e246bc9f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/mount-volume-path-ff3c3f83039e1a3f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Added a new config option ``container_volume_mount_path``.
+    This option defines the path where ContainerShareDriver driver should
+    mount a logical volume on the host  prior to providing access to it from
+    a container.