diff --git a/reana_job_controller/config.py b/reana_job_controller/config.py
index f5794c46..b9331ef2 100644
--- a/reana_job_controller/config.py
+++ b/reana_job_controller/config.py
@@ -27,5 +27,11 @@
 MAX_JOB_RESTARTS = 3
 """Number of retries for a job before considering it as failed."""
 
-SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT = os.getenv("SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT", '/reana')
-"""Root path in the underlying shared file system."""
+SHARED_FS_MAPPING = {
+    'MOUNT_SOURCE_PATH': os.getenv("SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT", '/reana'),
+    # Root path in the underlying shared file system to be mounted inside
+    # jobs.
+    'MOUNT_DEST_PATH': os.getenv("SHARED_VOLUME_PATH", '/reana'),
+    # Mount path for the shared file system volume inside jobs.
+}
+"""Mapping from the shared file system backend to the job file system."""
diff --git a/reana_job_controller/k8s.py b/reana_job_controller/k8s.py
index 8769b9e8..a6b4fb8d 100644
--- a/reana_job_controller/k8s.py
+++ b/reana_job_controller/k8s.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def add_shared_volume(job):
     else:
         volume = volume_templates.get_k8s_hostpath_volume(
             job['metadata']['namespace'])
-    mount_path = config.SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT
+    mount_path = config.SHARED_FS_MAPPING['MOUNT_SOURCE_PATH']
 
     job['spec']['template']['spec']['containers'][0]['volumeMounts'].append(
         {'name': volume['name'], 'mountPath': mount_path}
diff --git a/reana_job_controller/volume_templates.py b/reana_job_controller/volume_templates.py
index 00200771..4318dd24 100644
--- a/reana_job_controller/volume_templates.py
+++ b/reana_job_controller/volume_templates.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import json
 from string import Template
 
-from reana_job_controller.config import SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT
+from reana_job_controller.config import SHARED_FS_MAPPING
 
 CEPHFS_SECRET_NAME = 'ceph-secret'
 
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ def get_k8s_cephfs_volume(experiment):
     :returns: k8s CephFS volume spec as a dictionary.
     """
     return json.loads(
-        K8S_CEPHFS_TEMPLATE.substitute(experiment=experiment,
-                                       path=SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT,
-                                       secret_name=CEPHFS_SECRET_NAME)
+        K8S_CEPHFS_TEMPLATE.substitute(
+            experiment=experiment,
+            path=SHARED_FS_MAPPING['MOUNT_SOURCE_PATH'],
+            secret_name=CEPHFS_SECRET_NAME)
     )
 
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ def get_k8s_hostpath_volume(experiment):
     :returns: k8s HostPath spec as a dictionary.
     """
     return json.loads(
-        K8S_HOSTPATH_TEMPLATE.substitute(experiment=experiment,
-                                         path=SHARED_VOLUME_PATH_ROOT)
+        K8S_HOSTPATH_TEMPLATE.substitute(
+            experiment=experiment,
+            path=SHARED_FS_MAPPING['MOUNT_SOURCE_PATH'])
     )