diff --git a/pkg/common/constants/constants.go b/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
index c900ad5ca..771940f9e 100644
--- a/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/common/constants/constants.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const (
 	CommonPVCStorageStrategy       = "common"
 	DefaultDeploymentStrategy      = "Recreate"
 	DefaultAutoProvision           = true
+	DefaultPersistUserHomeEnabled  = false
 	DefaultWorkspaceJavaOpts       = "-XX:MaxRAM=150m -XX:MaxRAMFraction=2 -XX:+UseParallelGC " +
 		"-XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 " +
 		"-Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true " +
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/dev-workspace-config/dev_workspace_config.go b/pkg/deploy/dev-workspace-config/dev_workspace_config.go
index 18b3d016b..99d12857c 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/dev-workspace-config/dev_workspace_config.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/dev-workspace-config/dev_workspace_config.go
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ func updateWorkspaceConfig(cheCluster *chev2.CheCluster, operatorConfig *control
 
 	updateStartTimeout(operatorConfig, devEnvironments.StartTimeoutSeconds)
 
+	updatePersistUserHomeConfig(devEnvironments.PersistUserHome, operatorConfig.Workspace)
+
 	operatorConfig.Workspace.DeploymentStrategy = v1.DeploymentStrategyType(utils.GetValue(string(devEnvironments.DeploymentStrategy), constants.DefaultDeploymentStrategy))
 	return nil
 }
@@ -148,6 +150,14 @@ func updateWorkspaceStorageConfig(devEnvironments *chev2.CheClusterDevEnvironmen
 	return nil
 }
 
+func updatePersistUserHomeConfig(persistentHomeConfig *chev2.PersistentHomeConfig, workspaceConfig *controllerv1alpha1.WorkspaceConfig) {
+	workspaceConfig.PersistUserHome = nil
+	if persistentHomeConfig != nil {
+		workspaceConfig.PersistUserHome = &controllerv1alpha1.PersistentHomeConfig{}
+		workspaceConfig.PersistUserHome.Enabled = persistentHomeConfig.Enabled
+	}
+}
+
 func updateWorkspaceServiceAccountConfig(devEnvironments *chev2.CheClusterDevEnvironments, workspaceConfig *controllerv1alpha1.WorkspaceConfig) {
 	isNamespaceAutoProvisioned := pointer.BoolDeref(devEnvironments.DefaultNamespace.AutoProvision, constants.DefaultAutoProvision)