diff --git a/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
index 61fe9e0..52196aa 100644
--- a/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
+++ b/roles/container/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ argument_specs:
             type: bool
             required: false
             default: false
+          user:
+            description: Volume owner uid. Only applicable if mount type is volume.
+            type: str
+            required: false
+            default: ""
+          group:
+            description: Volume owner gid. Only applicable if mount type is volume.
+            type: str
+            required: false
+            default: ""
 
       container_publish_ports:
         description: "A list of published ports in docker format (<host listen address>:<host port>:<container port>)"
diff --git a/roles/container/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/container/tasks/main.yaml
index 92b887d..f8af8fe 100644
--- a/roles/container/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/container/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: network
 
+- name: Create volumes for container {{ container_name }}
+  ansible.builtin.include_role:
+    name: volume
+  vars:
+    volume_name: "{{ volume.source }}"
+    volume_uid: "{{ volume.user | default('') }}"
+    volume_gid: "{{ volume.group | default('') }}"
+  loop: "{{ _container_volumes }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: volume
+
 - name: Create secrets for container {{ container_name }}
   containers.podman.podman_secret:
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@
     name: "{{ container_name }}"
     command: "{{ container_command or omit }}"
     user: "{{ container_user or omit }}"
-    mount: "{{ container_mounts | map('items') | map('map', 'join', '=') | map('join', ',') }}"
+    mount: "{{ _container_mounts | map('items') | map('map', 'join', '=') | map('join', ',') }}"
     network: "{{ container_networks | map('regex_replace', '$', '.network') }}"
     publish: "{{ container_publish_ports }}"
     secrets: "{{ container_secrets | map(attribute='name') }}"
diff --git a/roles/container/vars/main.yaml b/roles/container/vars/main.yaml
index f90e2d2..5f2dce2 100644
--- a/roles/container/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/container/vars/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
 ---
+_container_volumes: "{{ container_mounts | selectattr('type', '==', 'volume') }}"
+
+_container_mount_sources: "{{ container_mounts | map(attribute='source') }}"
+_container_mount_destinations: "{{ container_mounts | map(attribute='destination') }}"
+
+_container_volume_mount_sources: >-
+  {{
+    _container_volumes
+    | map(attribute='source')
+    | map('regex_replace', '$', '.volume')
+    | map('community.general.dict_kv', 'source')
+  }}
+
+_container_mounts: >-
+  {{
+    container_mounts | selectattr('type', '!=', 'volume') +
+    container_mounts | selectattr('type', '==', 'volume')
+      | community.general.remove_keys(['user', 'group'])
+      | zip(_container_volume_mount_sources) | map('combine')
+  }}
+
 _container_quadlet_unit_options: |
   [Unit]
   Description=Container {{ container_name }}
diff --git a/roles/volume/README.md b/roles/volume/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de79822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Sets up podman volume with systemd unit (quadlet)
diff --git a/roles/volume/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/volume/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54af040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+volume_uid: ""
+volume_gid: ""
diff --git a/roles/volume/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/volume/meta/argument_specs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c357a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+argument_specs:
+  main:
+    description: Sets up podman volume with systemd unit (quadlet)
+    options:
+      volume_name:
+        description: Name of the volume. Must be unique within a host.
+        type: str
+        required: true
+      volume_uid:
+        description: Volume uid (the volume owner)
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+      volume_gid:
+        description: Volume gid (the volume owner)
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        default: ""
diff --git a/roles/volume/meta/main.yaml b/roles/volume/meta/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d80fa53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/meta/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+dependencies:
+  - role: podman
diff --git a/roles/volume/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/volume/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767a472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: Validate inputs
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: validation.yaml
+
+- name: Create container volume service {{ volume_name }}
+  containers.podman.podman_volume:
+    name: "{{ volume_name }}"
+    options: "{{ volume_options }}"
+    state: quadlet
+    quadlet_file_mode: "0644"
+  notify: Reload systemd daemon
diff --git a/roles/volume/tasks/validation.yaml b/roles/volume/tasks/validation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab26323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/tasks/validation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- name: Assert volume_uid and volume_gid are strings
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - volume_uid is string
+      - volume_gid is string
+    fail_msg: "volume_uid and volume_gid must be strings, not int."
diff --git a/roles/volume/vars/main.yaml b/roles/volume/vars/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3535dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/volume/vars/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+volume_mount_options_incl_empty:
+  - "{{ 'uid=' ~ volume_uid if volume_uid | length > 0 else '' }}"
+  - "{{ 'gid=' ~ volume_gid if volume_gid | length > 0 else '' }}"
+volume_mount_options: "{{ volume_mount_options_incl_empty | select('!=', '') | list }}"
+volume_options: "{{ ['o=' ~ volume_mount_options | join(',')] if volume_mount_options | length > 0 else [] }}"