diff --git a/doc/book/cookbook/kubernetes.md b/doc/book/cookbook/kubernetes.md
index 9eafe3e1..dfeb3281 100644
--- a/doc/book/cookbook/kubernetes.md
+++ b/doc/book/cookbook/kubernetes.md
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ garage:
   replicationMode: "2"
 
 # Start 4 instances (StatefulSets) of garage
-replicaCount: 4
+deployment:
+  replicaCount: 4
 
 # Override default storage class and size
 persistence:
diff --git a/script/helm/garage/Chart.yaml b/script/helm/garage/Chart.yaml
index 7fb4c531..f845cfe8 100644
--- a/script/helm/garage/Chart.yaml
+++ b/script/helm/garage/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.2.0
+version: 0.3.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/script/helm/garage/templates/statefulset.yaml b/script/helm/garage/templates/workload.yaml
similarity index 82%
rename from script/helm/garage/templates/statefulset.yaml
rename to script/helm/garage/templates/workload.yaml
index bda40117..057a9858 100644
--- a/script/helm/garage/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/script/helm/garage/templates/workload.yaml
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: {{ .Values.deployment.kind }}
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "garage.fullname" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "garage.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "garage.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  {{- if eq .Values.deployment.kind "StatefulSet" }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.deployment.replicaCount }}
   serviceName: {{ include "garage.fullname" . }}
+  {{- end }}
   template:
     metadata:
       {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
@@ -79,6 +81,23 @@ spec:
             name: {{ include "garage.fullname" . }}-config
         - name: etc
           emptyDir: {}
+        {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+        {{- if eq .Values.deployment.kind "DaemonSet" }}
+        - name: meta
+          hostPath:
+            path: {{ .Values.persistence.meta.hostPath }}
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        - name: data
+          hostPath:
+            path: {{ .Values.persistence.data.hostPath }}
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- else }}
+        - name: meta
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - name: data
+          emptyDir: {}
+        {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -91,7 +110,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
+  {{- if and .Values.persistence.enabled (eq .Values.deployment.kind "StatefulSet") }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
   - metadata:
       name: meta
diff --git a/script/helm/garage/values.yaml b/script/helm/garage/values.yaml
index 608ee53c..52f1910a 100644
--- a/script/helm/garage/values.yaml
+++ b/script/helm/garage/values.yaml
@@ -29,12 +29,20 @@ persistence:
   meta:
     # storageClass: "fast-storage-class"
     size: 100Mi
+    # used only for daemon sets
+    hostPath: /var/lib/garage/meta
   data:
     # storageClass: "slow-storage-class"
     size: 100Mi
+    # used only for daemon sets
+    hostPath: /var/lib/garage/data
 
-# Number of StatefulSet replicas/garage nodes to start
-replicaCount: 3
+# Deployment configuration
+deployment:
+  # Switchable to DaemonSet
+  kind: StatefulSet
+  # Number of StatefulSet replicas/garage nodes to start
+  replicaCount: 3
 
 image:
   repository: dxflrs/amd64_garage