diff --git a/stable/redis/Chart.yaml b/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
index d12db444bd..1eb62b540b 100644
--- a/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: redis
-version: 1.1.6
+version: 1.1.7
 appVersion: 4.0.6
 description: Open source, advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets.
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/redis/README.md b/stable/redis/README.md
index ac6723a243..e27a25fd5b 100644
--- a/stable/redis/README.md
+++ b/stable/redis/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Redis chart and th
 | `redisPassword`               | Redis password                                   | Randomly generated           |
 | `args`                        | Redis command-line args                          | []                           |
 | `persistence.enabled`         | Use a PVC to persist data                        | `true`                       |
+| `persistence.path`            | Path to mount the volume at, to use other images | `/bitnami`                   |
 | `persistence.existingClaim`   | Use an existing PVC to persist data              | `nil`                        |
 | `persistence.storageClass`    | Storage class of backing PVC                     | `generic`                    |
 | `persistence.accessMode`      | Use volume as ReadOnly or ReadWrite              | `ReadWriteOnce`              |
diff --git a/stable/redis/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/redis/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6a205ccb2c..5bd76c0eeb 100644
--- a/stable/redis/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
         volumeMounts:
         - name: redis-data
-          mountPath: /bitnami
+          mountPath: {{ .Values.persistence.path }}
 {{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
       - name: metrics
         image: "{{ .Values.metrics.image }}:{{ .Values.metrics.imageTag }}"
diff --git a/stable/redis/values.yaml b/stable/redis/values.yaml
index 929f86eb2c..2646481c57 100644
--- a/stable/redis/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/redis/values.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ args:
 persistence:
   enabled: true
 
+  ## The path the volume will be mounted at, useful when using different
+  ## Redis images.
+  path: /bitnami
+
   ## A manually managed Persistent Volume and Claim
   ## Requires persistence.enabled: true
   ## If defined, PVC must be created manually before volume will be bound