diff --git a/cmd/seaweedfs-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/seaweedfs-csi-driver/main.go
index 58af0aa..e83b0b5 100644
--- a/cmd/seaweedfs-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/seaweedfs-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var (
 	nodeID            = flag.String("nodeid", "", "node id")
 	version           = flag.Bool("version", false, "Print the version and exit.")
 	concurrentWriters = flag.Int("concurrentWriters", 32, "limit concurrent goroutine writers if not 0")
+	cacheSizeMB       = flag.Int64("cacheCapacityMB", 1000, "local file chunk cache capacity in MB (0 will disable cache)")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -35,5 +36,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	drv := driver.NewSeaweedFsDriver(*filer, *nodeID, *endpoint)
 	drv.ConcurrentWriters = *concurrentWriters
+	drv.CacheSizeMB = *cacheSizeMB
 	drv.Run()
 }
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/seaweedfs-csi.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/seaweedfs-csi.yaml
index 5ad1c01..2317fc4 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/seaweedfs-csi.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/seaweedfs-csi.yaml
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ spec:
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
             - "--filer=$(SEAWEEDFS_FILER)"
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
+            - "--cacheCapacityMB=$(SEAWEEDFS_CACHE_CAPACITY_MB)"
           env:
             - name: CSI_ENDPOINT
               value: unix:///var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/csi.sock
@@ -306,6 +307,8 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            - name: SEAWEEDFS_CACHE_CAPACITY_MB
+              value: "1000"
           imagePullPolicy: "Always"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: socket-dir
@@ -365,6 +368,7 @@ spec:
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
             - "--filer=$(SEAWEEDFS_FILER)"
             - "--nodeid=$(NODE_ID)"
+            - "--cacheCapacityMB=$(SEAWEEDFS_CACHE_CAPACITY_MB)"
           env:
             - name: CSI_ENDPOINT
               value: unix:///csi/csi.sock
@@ -374,6 +378,8 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            - name: SEAWEEDFS_CACHE_CAPACITY_MB
+              value: "1000"
           imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: plugin-dir
diff --git a/pkg/driver/driver.go b/pkg/driver/driver.go
index ad559d0..8307eb8 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/driver.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type SeaweedFsDriver struct {
 	filer             string
 	grpcDialOption    grpc.DialOption
 	ConcurrentWriters int
+	CacheSizeMB       int64
 }
 
 func NewSeaweedFsDriver(filer, nodeID, endpoint string) *SeaweedFsDriver {
diff --git a/pkg/driver/mounter_seaweedfs.go b/pkg/driver/mounter_seaweedfs.go
index 9d34b5d..2ed1238 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/mounter_seaweedfs.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/mounter_seaweedfs.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func (seaweedFs *seaweedFsMounter) Mount(target string) error {
 		fmt.Sprintf("-collection=%s", seaweedFs.bucketName),
 		fmt.Sprintf("-filer=%s", seaweedFs.driver.filer),
 		fmt.Sprintf("-filer.path=/buckets/%s", seaweedFs.bucketName),
+		fmt.Sprintf("-cacheCapacityMB=%d", seaweedFs.driver.CacheSizeMB),
 	}
 
 	for arg, value := range seaweedFs.volContext {