diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/constants.py b/stack_orchestrator/constants.py
index 75bd0ebc..2c0c8de0 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/constants.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/constants.py
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ runtime_class_key = "runtime-class"
 high_memlock_runtime = "high-memlock"
 high_memlock_spec_filename = "high-memlock-spec.json"
 acme_email_key = "acme-email"
+kind_mount_root_key = "kind-mount-root"
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
index 161fbd03..dc967469 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/cluster_info.py
@@ -371,7 +371,11 @@ class ClusterInfo:
 
             if self.spec.is_kind_deployment():
                 host_path = client.V1HostPathVolumeSource(
-                    path=get_kind_pv_bind_mount_path(volume_name)
+                    path=get_kind_pv_bind_mount_path(
+                        volume_name,
+                        kind_mount_root=self.spec.get_kind_mount_root(),
+                        host_path=volume_path,
+                    )
                 )
             else:
                 host_path = client.V1HostPathVolumeSource(path=volume_path)
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
index 4d9cbe3b..a316f0c7 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/k8s/helpers.py
@@ -440,7 +440,11 @@ def named_volumes_from_pod_files(parsed_pod_files):
     return named_volumes
 
 
-def get_kind_pv_bind_mount_path(volume_name: str):
+def get_kind_pv_bind_mount_path(volume_name: str, kind_mount_root: Optional[str] = None,
+                                host_path: Optional[str] = None):
+    if kind_mount_root and host_path and host_path.startswith(kind_mount_root):
+        rel = os.path.relpath(host_path, kind_mount_root)
+        return f"/mnt/{rel}"
     return f"/mnt/{volume_name}"
 
 
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@ def _generate_kind_mounts(parsed_pod_files, deployment_dir, deployment_context):
     volume_definitions = []
     volume_host_path_map = _get_host_paths_for_volumes(deployment_context)
     seen_host_path_mounts = set()  # Track to avoid duplicate mounts
+    kind_mount_root = deployment_context.spec.get_kind_mount_root()
 
     # Cluster state backup for offline data recovery (unique per deployment)
     # etcd contains all k8s state; PKI certs needed to decrypt etcd offline
@@ -583,6 +588,17 @@ def _generate_kind_mounts(parsed_pod_files, deployment_dir, deployment_context):
         f"  - hostPath: {pki_host_path}\n" f"    containerPath: /etc/kubernetes/pki\n"
     )
 
+    # When kind-mount-root is set, emit a single extraMount for the root.
+    # Individual volumes whose host path starts with the root are covered
+    # by this single mount and don't need their own extraMount entries.
+    mount_root_emitted = False
+    if kind_mount_root:
+        volume_definitions.append(
+            f"  - hostPath: {kind_mount_root}\n"
+            f"    containerPath: /mnt\n"
+        )
+        mount_root_emitted = True
+
     # Note these paths are relative to the location of the pod files (at present)
     # So we need to fix up to make them correct and absolute because kind assumes
     # relative to the cwd.
@@ -642,6 +658,9 @@ def _generate_kind_mounts(parsed_pod_files, deployment_dir, deployment_context):
                                         volume_host_path_map[volume_name],
                                         deployment_dir,
                                     )
+                                    # Skip individual extraMount if covered by mount root
+                                    if mount_root_emitted and str(host_path).startswith(kind_mount_root):
+                                        continue
                                     container_path = get_kind_pv_bind_mount_path(
                                         volume_name
                                     )
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
index e5647b04..c62d0aea 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/spec.py
@@ -202,5 +202,8 @@ class Spec:
     def is_kind_deployment(self):
         return self.get_deployment_type() in [constants.k8s_kind_deploy_type]
 
+    def get_kind_mount_root(self):
+        return self.obj.get(constants.kind_mount_root_key)
+
     def is_docker_deployment(self):
         return self.get_deployment_type() in [constants.compose_deploy_type]