diff --git a/PVE/Storage/GlusterfsPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/GlusterfsPlugin.pm
index 951db50..1e63e24 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/GlusterfsPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/GlusterfsPlugin.pm
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ sub options {
         maxfiles => { optional => 1 },
 	content => { optional => 1 },
 	format => { optional => 1 },
+	mkdir => { optional => 1 },
     };
 }
 
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ sub activate_storage {
 
     if (!glusterfs_is_mounted($volume, $path, $cache->{mountdata})) {
 	
-	mkpath $path;
+	mkpath $path if !(defined($scfg->{mkdir}) && !$scfg->{mkdir});
 
 	die "unable to activate storage '$storeid' - " .
 	    "directory '$path' does not exist\n" if ! -d $path;
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/NFSPlugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/NFSPlugin.pm
index df00f37..2f75eee 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/NFSPlugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/NFSPlugin.pm
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ sub options {
 	options => { optional => 1 },
 	content => { optional => 1 },
 	format => { optional => 1 },
+	mkdir => { optional => 1 },
     };
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ sub activate_storage {
 	# NOTE: only call mkpath when not mounted (avoid hang 
 	# when NFS server is offline 
 		    
-	mkpath $path;
+	mkpath $path if !(defined($scfg->{mkdir}) && !$scfg->{mkdir});
 
 	die "unable to activate storage '$storeid' - " .
 	    "directory '$path' does not exist\n" if ! -d $path;
diff --git a/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm b/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
index cdc89ba..6e73547 100644
--- a/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage/Plugin.pm
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ sub activate_storage {
     die "unable to activate storage '$storeid' - " .
 	"directory '$path' does not exist\n" if ! -d $path;
 
+    return if defined($scfg->{mkdir}) && !$scfg->{mkdir};
+
     if (defined($scfg->{content})) {
 	foreach my $vtype (keys %$vtype_subdirs) {
 	    # OpenVZMigrate uses backup (dump) dir