diff --git a/sdl/storage.go b/sdl/storage.go
index 611b1f8cda..a591b4b347 100644
--- a/sdl/storage.go
+++ b/sdl/storage.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const (
 	StorageAttributeMount      = "mount"
 	StorageAttributeReadOnly   = "readOnly" // we might not need it at this point of time
 	StorageClassDefault        = "default"
+	StorageClassRAM            = "ram"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	errStorageMultipleRootEphemeral = errors.New("sdl: multiple root ephemeral storages are not allowed")
 	errStorageDuplicatedVolumeName  = errors.New("sdl: duplicated volume name")
 	errStorageEphemeralClass        = errors.New("sdl: ephemeral storage should not set attribute class")
+	errStorageRAMClass              = errors.New("sdl: ram storage class cannot be persistent")
 )
 
 type v2StorageAttributes types.Attributes
@@ -45,10 +47,11 @@ type v2ResourceStorageArray []v2ResourceStorage
 type validateAttrFn func(string, *string) error
 
 var allowedStorageClasses = map[string]bool{
-	"default": true,
-	"beta1":   true,
-	"beta2":   true,
-	"beta3":   true,
+	"default":       true,
+	"beta1":         true,
+	"beta2":         true,
+	"beta3":         true,
+	StorageClassRAM: true,
 }
 
 var validateStorageAttributes = map[string]validateAttrFn{
@@ -162,11 +165,20 @@ func (sdl *v2StorageAttributes) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 
 	persistent := res[StorageAttributePersistent]
 	class := res[StorageAttributeClass]
-	if persistent == valueFalse && class != "" {
-		return errStorageEphemeralClass
-	}
-	if persistent == valueTrue && class == "" {
-		res[StorageAttributeClass] = StorageClassDefault
+
+	switch class {
+	case "":
+		if persistent == valueTrue {
+			res[StorageAttributeClass] = StorageClassDefault
+		}
+	case StorageClassRAM:
+		if persistent != valueFalse {
+			return errStorageRAMClass
+		}
+	default:
+		if persistent == valueFalse {
+			return errStorageEphemeralClass
+		}
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range res {
diff --git a/sdl/storage_test.go b/sdl/storage_test.go
index b7bcf2fb98..b60c35f2d9 100644
--- a/sdl/storage_test.go
+++ b/sdl/storage_test.go
@@ -140,6 +140,38 @@ func TestStorage_PersistentClass(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, p[0].Attributes[0].Value, "beta1")
 }
 
+func TestStorage_RAMClass_Valid(t *testing.T) {
+	var stream = `
+- size: 1Gi
+  attributes:
+    persistent: false
+    class: ram
+`
+
+	var p v2ResourceStorageArray
+
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(stream), &p)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, p[0].Attributes, 2)
+
+	require.Equal(t, p[0].Attributes[0].Key, "class")
+	require.Equal(t, p[0].Attributes[0].Value, "ram")
+}
+
+func TestStorage_RamClass_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
+	var stream = `
+- size: 1Gi
+  attributes:
+    persistent: true
+    class: ram
+`
+
+	var p v2ResourceStorageArray
+
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(stream), &p)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestStorage_StableSort(t *testing.T) {
 	storage := v2ResourceStorageArray{
 		{
diff --git a/sdl/v2_1.go b/sdl/v2_1.go
index 79dc9db6f5..33a5b0e68a 100644
--- a/sdl/v2_1.go
+++ b/sdl/v2_1.go
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ func (sdl *v2_1) validate() error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			attr := make(map[string]string)
-			mounts := make(map[string]string)
-
 			if svc.Params != nil {
+				mounts := make(map[string]string)
+
 				for name, params := range svc.Params.Storage {
-					if _, exists := volumes[name]; !exists {
+
+					volume, exists := volumes[name]
+
+					if !exists {
 						return fmt.Errorf(
 							"%w: service \"%s\" references to no-existing compute volume named \"%s\"",
 							errSDLInvalid,
@@ -251,42 +253,51 @@ func (sdl *v2_1) validate() error {
 						)
 					}
 
-					attr[StorageAttributeMount] = params.Mount
-					attr[StorageAttributeReadOnly] = strconv.FormatBool(params.ReadOnly)
-
-					mount := attr[StorageAttributeMount]
-					if vlname, exists := mounts[mount]; exists {
-						if mount == "" {
+					if vlname, exists := mounts[params.Mount]; exists {
+						if params.Mount == "" {
 							return errStorageMultipleRootEphemeral
 						}
 
 						return fmt.Errorf(
 							"%w: mount %q already in use by volume %q",
 							errStorageDupMountPoint,
-							mount,
+							params.Mount,
 							vlname,
 						)
 					}
 
-					mounts[mount] = name
-				}
-			}
+					mounts[params.Mount] = name
 
-			for name, volume := range volumes {
-				for _, nd := range types.Attributes(volume.Attributes) {
-					attr[nd.Key] = nd.Value
-				}
+					attr := make(map[string]string)
+					attr[StorageAttributeMount] = params.Mount
+					attr[StorageAttributeReadOnly] = strconv.FormatBool(params.ReadOnly)
+
+					for _, nd := range types.Attributes(volume.Attributes) {
+						attr[nd.Key] = nd.Value
+					}
 
-				persistent, _ := strconv.ParseBool(attr[StorageAttributePersistent])
+					persistent, _ := strconv.ParseBool(attr[StorageAttributePersistent])
+					class := attr[StorageAttributeClass]
 
-				if persistent && attr[StorageAttributeMount] == "" {
-					return fmt.Errorf(
-						"%w: compute.storage.%s has persistent=true which requires service.%s.params.storage.%s to have mount",
-						errSDLInvalid,
-						name,
-						svcName,
-						name,
-					)
+					if persistent && params.Mount == "" {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							"%w: compute.storage.%s has persistent=true which requires service.%s.params.storage.%s to have mount",
+							errSDLInvalid,
+							name,
+							svcName,
+							name,
+						)
+					}
+
+					if class == StorageClassRAM && params.ReadOnly {
+						return fmt.Errorf(
+							"%w: services.%s.params.storage.%s has readOnly=true which is not allowed for storage class \"%s\"",
+							errSDLInvalid,
+							svcName,
+							name,
+							class,
+						)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}