diff --git a/Containers/borgbackup/backupscript.sh b/Containers/borgbackup/backupscript.sh
index d90f02a5..8d23eca9 100644
--- a/Containers/borgbackup/backupscript.sh
+++ b/Containers/borgbackup/backupscript.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if [ "$BORG_MODE" = backup ]; then
 
     # Test that nothing is empty
     for directory in "${VOLUME_DIRS[@]}"; do
-        if [ -z "$(ls -A "$directory")" ]; then
+        if [ -z "$(ls -A "$directory")" ] && [ "$directory" != "/nextcloud_aio_volumes/nextcloud_aio_elasticsearch" ]; then
             echo "$directory is empty which is not allowed."
             exit 1
         fi
diff --git a/php/containers.json b/php/containers.json
index 9412ed63..b603fe09 100644
--- a/php/containers.json
+++ b/php/containers.json
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@
           "name": "%BORGBACKUP_HOST_LOCATION%",
           "location": "/mnt/borgbackup",
           "writeable": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "nextcloud_aio_elasticsearch",
+          "location": "/nextcloud_aio_volumes/nextcloud_aio_elasticsearch",
+          "writeable": true
         }
       ],
       "secrets": [