diff --git a/bitnami/minio/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-env.sh b/bitnami/minio/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-env.sh
index c3225c1716b38..1ec9f210855fd 100644
--- a/bitnami/minio/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/minio/2023/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/minio-env.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export MINIO_CERTS_DIR="/certs"
 export MINIO_LOGS_DIR="${MINIO_BASE_DIR}/log"
 export MINIO_TMP_DIR="${MINIO_BASE_DIR}/tmp"
 export MINIO_SECRETS_DIR="${MINIO_BASE_DIR}/secrets"
-export MINIO_DATA_DIR="/data"
+export MINIO_DATA_DIR="${MINIO_DATA_DIR:-/data}"
 export MINIO_LOG_FILE="${MINIO_LOGS_DIR}/minio.log"
 export MINIO_PID_FILE="${MINIO_TMP_DIR}/minio.pid"
 export PATH="${MINIO_BIN_DIR}:${PATH}"