diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
index 23af0b3e1..aa7ef42fb 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ type Drivers struct {
 	OCIS        OCISDriver        `yaml:"ocis"`
 	S3NG        S3NGDriver        `yaml:"s3ng"`
 	OwnCloudSQL OwnCloudSQLDriver `yaml:"owncloudsql"`
+	Posix       PosixDriver       `yaml:"posix"`
 
 	S3    S3Driver    `yaml:",omitempty"` // not supported by the oCIS product, therefore not part of docs
 	EOS   EOSDriver   `yaml:",omitempty"` // not supported by the oCIS product, therefore not part of docs
@@ -186,6 +187,14 @@ type OwnCloudSQLDriver struct {
 	UsersProviderEndpoint string `yaml:"users_provider_endpoint" env:"STORAGE_USERS_OWNCLOUDSQL_USERS_PROVIDER_ENDPOINT" desc:"Endpoint of the users provider." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
 }
 
+// PosixDriver is the storage driver configuration when using 'posix' storage driver
+type PosixDriver struct {
+	// Root is the absolute path to the location of the data
+	Root                string `yaml:"root" env:"STORAGE_USERS_POSIX_ROOT" desc:"The directory where the filesystem storage will store its data. If not defined, the root directory derives from $OCIS_BASE_DATA_PATH:/storage/owncloud."`
+	UserLayout          string `yaml:"user_layout" env:"STORAGE_USERS_POSIX_USER_LAYOUT" desc:"Template string for the user storage layout in the user directory."`
+	PermissionsEndpoint string `yaml:"permissions_endpoint" env:"STORAGE_USERS_PERMISSION_ENDPOINT;STORAGE_USERS_POSIX_PERMISSIONS_ENDPOINT" desc:"Endpoint of the permissions service. The endpoints can differ for 'ocis', 'posix' and 's3ng'."`
+}
+
 // Events combines the configuration options for the event bus.
 type Events struct {
 	Addr              string `yaml:"endpoint" env:"OCIS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT;STORAGE_USERS_EVENTS_ENDPOINT" desc:"The address of the event system. The event system is the message queuing service. It is used as message broker for the microservice architecture." introductionVersion:"pre5.0"`
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index f165fbdc5..07eea0f1e 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 				LockCycleDurationFactor:    30,
 				AsyncUploads:               true,
 			},
+			Posix: config.PosixDriver{
+				UserLayout:          "users/{{.User.Username}}",
+				PermissionsEndpoint: "com.owncloud.api.settings",
+			},
 		},
 		Events: config.Events{
 			Addr:      "127.0.0.1:9233",
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
index 841a31909..1fa95c9fb 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/drivers.go
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ func Local(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 	}
 }
 
+// Posix is the config mapping for the Posix storage driver
+func Posix(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"root":                    cfg.Drivers.Posix.Root,
+		"user_layout":             cfg.Drivers.Posix.UserLayout,
+		"permissionssvc":          cfg.Drivers.Posix.PermissionsEndpoint,
+		"permissionssvc_tls_mode": cfg.Commons.GRPCClientTLS.Mode,
+	}
+}
+
 // LocalHome is the config mapping for the LocalHome storage driver
 func LocalHome(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 	return map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
index ef64d94b2..29a26af32 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/revaconfig/user.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func StorageProviderDrivers(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 		"ocis":        OcisNoEvents(cfg),
 		"s3":          S3(cfg),
 		"s3ng":        S3NGNoEvents(cfg),
+		"posix":       Posix(cfg),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ func DataProviderDrivers(cfg *config.Config) map[string]interface{} {
 		"ocis":        Ocis(cfg),
 		"s3":          S3(cfg),
 		"s3ng":        S3NG(cfg),
+		"posix":       Posix(cfg),
 	}
 }