diff --git a/client/incus_server.go b/client/incus_server.go
index 164fd0abd22..73268c998aa 100644
--- a/client/incus_server.go
+++ b/client/incus_server.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 
 	"github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/api"
+	"github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/util"
+
 	localtls "github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/tls"
 )
 
@@ -405,6 +407,68 @@ func (r *ProtocolIncus) ApplyServerPreseed(config api.InitPreseed) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Apply storage volumes configuration.
+	applyStorageVolume := func(storageVolume api.InitStorageVolumesProjectPost) error {
+		// Get the current storageVolume.
+		currentStorageVolume, etag, err := r.UseProject(storageVolume.Project).GetStoragePoolVolume(storageVolume.Pool, storageVolume.Type, storageVolume.Name)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			// Create the storage volume if it doesn't exist.
+			err := r.UseProject(storageVolume.Project).CreateStoragePoolVolume(storageVolume.Pool, storageVolume.StorageVolumesPost)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create storage volume %q in project %q on pool %q: %w", storageVolume.Name, storageVolume.Project, storageVolume.Pool, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Quick check.
+			if currentStorageVolume.Type != storageVolume.Type {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Storage volume %q in project %q is of type %q instead of %q", currentStorageVolume.Name, storageVolume.Project, currentStorageVolume.Type, storageVolume.Type)
+			}
+
+			// Prepare the update.
+			newStorageVolume := api.StorageVolumePut{}
+			err = util.DeepCopy(currentStorageVolume.Writable(), &newStorageVolume)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to copy configuration of storage volume %q in project %q: %w", storageVolume.Name, storageVolume.Project, err)
+			}
+
+			// Description override.
+			if storageVolume.Description != "" {
+				newStorageVolume.Description = storageVolume.Description
+			}
+
+			// Config overrides.
+			for k, v := range storageVolume.Config {
+				newStorageVolume.Config[k] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+			}
+
+			// Apply it.
+			err = r.UseProject(storageVolume.Project).UpdateStoragePoolVolume(storageVolume.Pool, storageVolume.Type, currentStorageVolume.Name, newStorageVolume, etag)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to update storage volume %q in project %q: %w", storageVolume.Name, storageVolume.Project, err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Apply storage volumes in the default project before other projects config.
+	for i := range config.Server.StorageVolumes {
+		// Populate default project if not specified.
+		if config.Server.StorageVolumes[i].Project == "" {
+			config.Server.StorageVolumes[i].Project = api.ProjectDefaultName
+		}
+		// Populate default type if not specified.
+		if config.Server.StorageVolumes[i].Type == "" {
+			config.Server.StorageVolumes[i].Type = "custom"
+		}
+
+		err := applyStorageVolume(config.Server.StorageVolumes[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	// Apply profile configuration.
 	if config.Server.Profiles != nil && len(config.Server.Profiles) > 0 {
 		// Get the list of profiles.
diff --git a/doc/api-extensions.md b/doc/api-extensions.md
index ec44098f11a..a6a6a223233 100644
--- a/doc/api-extensions.md
+++ b/doc/api-extensions.md
@@ -2689,3 +2689,6 @@ This extends the QEMU scriptlet feature by allowing to modify QEMU configuration
 ## `network_bridge_acl_devices`
 
 This adds support for device ACLs when attached to a bridged network.
+
+## `init_preseed_storage_volumes`
+This API extension provides the ability to configure storage volumes in preseed init.
diff --git a/doc/howto/initialize.md b/doc/howto/initialize.md
index ca8e854365d..9bb76b34493 100644
--- a/doc/howto/initialize.md
+++ b/doc/howto/initialize.md
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ storage_pools:
   config:
     source: my-zfs-pool/my-zfs-dataset
 
+# Storage volumes
+storage_volumes:
+- name: my-vol
+  pool: data
+
 # Network devices
 networks:
 - name: incus-my-bridge
diff --git a/doc/rest-api.yaml b/doc/rest-api.yaml
index 4433f95c0da..0bf48a653a9 100644
--- a/doc/rest-api.yaml
+++ b/doc/rest-api.yaml
@@ -1271,6 +1271,13 @@ definitions:
                     $ref: '#/definitions/StoragePoolsPost'
                 type: array
                 x-go-name: StoragePools
+            storage_volumes:
+                description: Storage Volumes to add
+                example: local dir storage volume
+                items:
+                    $ref: '#/definitions/InitStorageVolumesProjectPost'
+                type: array
+                x-go-name: StorageVolumes
         title: InitLocalPreseed represents initialization configuration.
         type: object
         x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/api
@@ -1317,6 +1324,55 @@ definitions:
         title: InitPreseed represents initialization configuration that can be supplied to `init`.
         type: object
         x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/api
+    InitStorageVolumesProjectPost:
+        properties:
+            Pool:
+                description: Storage pool in which the volume will reside
+                example: '"default"'
+                type: string
+            Project:
+                description: Project in which the volume will reside
+                example: '"default"'
+                type: string
+            config:
+                additionalProperties:
+                    type: string
+                description: Storage volume configuration map (refer to doc/storage.md)
+                example:
+                    size: 50GiB
+                    zfs.remove_snapshots: "true"
+                type: object
+                x-go-name: Config
+            content_type:
+                description: Volume content type (filesystem or block)
+                example: filesystem
+                type: string
+                x-go-name: ContentType
+            description:
+                description: Description of the storage volume
+                example: My custom volume
+                type: string
+                x-go-name: Description
+            name:
+                description: Volume name
+                example: foo
+                type: string
+                x-go-name: Name
+            restore:
+                description: Name of a snapshot to restore
+                example: snap0
+                type: string
+                x-go-name: Restore
+            source:
+                $ref: '#/definitions/StorageVolumeSource'
+            type:
+                description: Volume type (container, custom, image or virtual-machine)
+                example: custom
+                type: string
+                x-go-name: Type
+        title: InitStorageVolumesProjectPost represents the fields of a new storage volume along with its associated pool.
+        type: object
+        x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v6/shared/api
     Instance:
         properties:
             architecture:
diff --git a/internal/version/api.go b/internal/version/api.go
index a28a0986acb..e676dca04c2 100644
--- a/internal/version/api.go
+++ b/internal/version/api.go
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ var APIExtensions = []string{
 	"console_force",
 	"network_ovn_state_addresses",
 	"network_bridge_acl_devices",
+	"init_preseed_storage_volumes",
 }
 
 // APIExtensionsCount returns the number of available API extensions.
diff --git a/shared/api/init.go b/shared/api/init.go
index b983de8956c..2f56569fa42 100644
--- a/shared/api/init.go
+++ b/shared/api/init.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ type InitLocalPreseed struct {
 	// Example: local dir storage pool
 	StoragePools []StoragePoolsPost `json:"storage_pools" yaml:"storage_pools"`
 
+	// Storage Volumes to add
+	// Example: local dir storage volume
+	StorageVolumes []InitStorageVolumesProjectPost `json:"storage_volumes" yaml:"storage_volumes"`
+
 	// Profiles to add
 	// Example: "default" profile with a root disk device
 	Profiles []ProfilesPost `json:"profiles" yaml:"profiles"`
@@ -48,6 +52,21 @@ type InitNetworksProjectPost struct {
 	Project string
 }
 
+// InitStorageVolumesProjectPost represents the fields of a new storage volume along with its associated pool.
+//
+// swagger:model
+//
+// API extension: init_preseed_storage_volumes.
+type InitStorageVolumesProjectPost struct {
+	StorageVolumesPost `yaml:",inline"`
+	// Storage pool in which the volume will reside
+	// Example: "default"
+	Pool string
+	// Project in which the volume will reside
+	// Example: "default"
+	Project string
+}
+
 // InitClusterPreseed represents initialization configuration for the cluster.
 //
 // swagger:model
diff --git a/test/suites/init_preseed.sh b/test/suites/init_preseed.sh
index e501cb5f311..bf00006a0a1 100644
--- a/test/suites/init_preseed.sh
+++ b/test/suites/init_preseed.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test_init_preseed() {
     INCUS_DIR=${INCUS_INIT_DIR}
 
     storage_pool="incustest-$(basename "${INCUS_DIR}")-data"
+    storage_volume="${storage_pool}-volume"
     # In case we're running against the ZFS backend, let's test
     # creating a zfs storage pool, otherwise just use dir.
     if [ "$incus_backend" = "zfs" ]; then
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ storage_pools:
   driver: $driver
   config:
     source: $source
+storage_volumes:
+- name: ${storage_volume}
+  pool: ${storage_pool}
 networks:
 - name: inct$$
   type: bridge
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ EOF
     incus network list | grep -q "inct$$"
     incus storage list | grep -q "${storage_pool}"
     incus storage show "${storage_pool}" | grep -q "$source"
+    incus storage volume list "${storage_pool}" | grep -q "${storage_volume}"
     incus profile list | grep -q "test-profile"
     incus profile show default | grep -q "pool: ${storage_pool}"
     incus profile show test-profile | grep -q "limits.memory: 2GiB"
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ EOF
     printf 'config: {}\ndevices: {}' | incus profile edit default
     incus profile delete test-profile
     incus network delete inct$$
+    incus storage volume delete "${storage_pool}" "${storage_volume}"
     incus storage delete "${storage_pool}"
 
     if [ "$incus_backend" = "zfs" ]; then