diff --git a/infrastructures/openshift/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.java b/infrastructures/openshift/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.java
index b36b68fa1d..04d6591684 100644
--- a/infrastructures/openshift/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.java
+++ b/infrastructures/openshift/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public class OpenShiftEnvironmentParser {
       "Routes specified in OpenShift recipe are ignored. "
           + "To expose ports please define servers in machine configuration.";
 
+  static final int PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE = 4101;
+  static final String PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE =
+      "Persistent volume claims specified in OpenShift recipe are ignored.";
+
   static final String DEFAULT_RESTART_POLICY = "Never";
 
   private final OpenShiftClientFactory clientFactory;
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ public class OpenShiftEnvironmentParser {
     Map<String, Service> services = new HashMap<>();
     Map<String, PersistentVolumeClaim> pvcs = new HashMap<>();
     boolean isAnyRoutePresent = false;
+    boolean isAnyPVCPresent = false;
     for (HasMetadata object : list.getItems()) {
       if (object instanceof DeploymentConfig) {
         throw new ValidationException("Supporting of deployment configs is not implemented yet.");
@@ -113,8 +118,7 @@ public class OpenShiftEnvironmentParser {
       } else if (object instanceof Route) {
         isAnyRoutePresent = true;
       } else if (object instanceof PersistentVolumeClaim) {
-        PersistentVolumeClaim pvc = (PersistentVolumeClaim) object;
-        pvcs.put(pvc.getMetadata().getName(), pvc);
+        isAnyPVCPresent = true;
       } else {
         throw new ValidationException(
             format("Found unknown object type '%s'", object.getMetadata()));
@@ -132,6 +136,11 @@ public class OpenShiftEnvironmentParser {
           new WarningImpl(ROUTE_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE, ROUTES_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE));
     }
 
+    if (isAnyPVCPresent) {
+      environment.addWarning(
+          new WarningImpl(PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE, PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE));
+    }
+
     OpenShiftEnvironment openShiftEnv = openShiftEnvBuilder.build();
 
     normalizeEnvironment(openShiftEnv, environment);
diff --git a/infrastructures/openshift/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParserTest.java b/infrastructures/openshift/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParserTest.java
index e12aaf346c..499c99251c 100644
--- a/infrastructures/openshift/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParserTest.java
+++ b/infrastructures/openshift/src/test/java/org/eclipse/che/workspace/infrastructure/openshift/environment/OpenShiftEnvironmentParserTest.java
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@
 package org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
-import static java.util.Arrays.*;
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment.OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.DEFAULT_RESTART_POLICY;
+import static org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment.OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE;
+import static org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment.OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE;
+import static org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment.OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.ROUTES_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE;
+import static org.eclipse.che.workspace.infrastructure.openshift.environment.OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.ROUTE_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeastOnce;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesList;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMeta;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PersistentVolumeClaim;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodSpec;
@@ -115,10 +120,18 @@ public class OpenShiftEnvironmentParserTest {
     final OpenShiftEnvironment parsed = osEnvironmentParser.parse(internalEnvironment);
 
     assertTrue(parsed.getRoutes().isEmpty());
-    verifyWarnings(
-        new WarningImpl(
-            OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.ROUTE_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE,
-            OpenShiftEnvironmentParser.ROUTES_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE));
+    verifyWarnings(new WarningImpl(ROUTE_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE, ROUTES_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void ignorePVCsWhenRecipeContainsThem() throws Exception {
+    final List<HasMetadata> pvc = singletonList(new PersistentVolumeClaim());
+    when(validatedObjects.getItems()).thenReturn(pvc);
+
+    final OpenShiftEnvironment parsed = osEnvironmentParser.parse(internalEnvironment);
+
+    assertTrue(parsed.getRoutes().isEmpty());
+    verifyWarnings(new WarningImpl(PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_CODE, PVC_IGNORED_WARNING_MESSAGE));
   }
 
   private void verifyWarnings(Warning... expectedWarnings) {