diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 711fde2734..603971fffd 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -237,11 +237,15 @@ Meilisearch
 - ``MEILISEARCH_MASTER_KEY`` (default: ``"{{ 24|random_string }}"``)
 - ``MEILISEARCH_API_KEY_UID`` (default: ``"{{ 4|uuid }}"``): UID used to sign the API key.
 - ``MEILISEARCH_API_KEY`` (default: ``"{{ MEILISEARCH_MASTER_KEY|uid_master_hash(MEILISEARCH_API_KEY_UID) }}"``)
+- ``MEILISEARCH_STORAGE_SIZE`` (default: ``"5Gi"``): amount of persistent storage allocated.
 
 To reset the Meilisearch API key, make sure to unset both the API key and it's UID:
 
     tutor config save --unset MEILISEARCH_API_KEY_UID MEILISEARCH_API_KEY
 
+.. note::
+    Tutor does not support changing the storage size after it has been deployed. You'll have to manually resize the `pvc/meilisearch` using `kubectl`. Also note that it's not possible to reduce a `PVC` size, it must be deleted and recreated in such cases.
+
 MongoDB
 *******
 
diff --git a/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml b/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
index aa8bd9ab9a..a9aad6f896 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ LOCAL_PROJECT_NAME: "{{ TUTOR_APP }}_local"
 MEILISEARCH_URL: "http://meilisearch:7700"
 MEILISEARCH_PUBLIC_URL: "{% if ENABLE_HTTPS %}https{% else %}http{% endif %}://meilisearch.{{ LMS_HOST }}"
 MEILISEARCH_INDEX_PREFIX: "tutor_"
+MEILISEARCH_STORAGE_SIZE: "5Gi"
 MONGODB_AUTH_MECHANISM: ""
 MONGODB_AUTH_SOURCE: "admin"
 MONGODB_HOST: "mongodb"
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/volumes.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/volumes.yml
index aa31555ba0..f7cde4b5b1 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/volumes.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/volumes.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
     - ReadWriteOnce
   resources:
     requests:
-      storage: 5Gi
+      storage: {{ MEILISEARCH_STORAGE_SIZE }}
 {% endif %}
 {% if RUN_MONGODB %}
 ---