diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e43cf1f3..55c78a2c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Local Path Provisioner provides a way for the Kubernetes users to utilize the lo
 ## Compare to built-in Local Persistent Volume feature in Kubernetes
 
 ### Pros
-Dynamic provisioning the volume using [hostPath](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath) or [local volume](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#local).
+Dynamic provisioning the volume using [hostPath](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#hostpath) or [local](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#local).
 * Currently the Kubernetes [Local Volume provisioner](/~https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/sig-storage-local-static-provisioner) cannot do dynamic provisioning for the local volumes.
 
 ### Cons
diff --git a/examples/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml b/examples/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b69f0d997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- ../pvc-with-local-volume
+- pod.yaml
diff --git a/examples/pod-with-local-volume/pod.yaml b/examples/pod-with-local-volume/pod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9195997af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pod-with-local-volume/pod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: volume-test
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: volume-test
+    image: nginx:stable-alpine
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    volumeMounts:
+    - name: volv
+      mountPath: /data
+    ports:
+    - containerPort: 80
+  volumes:
+  - name: volv
+    persistentVolumeClaim:
+      claimName: local-volume-pvc
diff --git a/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml b/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bfd4518a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- pvc.yaml
diff --git a/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/pvc.yaml b/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59c241ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pvc-with-local-volume/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: local-volume-pvc
+  annotations:
+    volumeType: local
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: local-path
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 128Mi
diff --git a/provisioner.go b/provisioner.go
index 2fa569914..82c802add 100644
--- a/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner.go
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ type NodePathMapData struct {
 }
 
 type ConfigData struct {
-	NodePathMap       []*NodePathMapData `json:"nodePathMap,omitempty"`
-	CmdTimeoutSeconds int                `json:"cmdTimeoutSeconds,omitempty"`
-	VolumeType        string             `json:"volumeType,omitempty"`
+	NodePathMap []*NodePathMapData `json:"nodePathMap,omitempty"`
+	CmdTimeoutSeconds int `json:"cmdTimeoutSeconds,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type NodePathMap struct {
@@ -84,23 +83,6 @@ type NodePathMap struct {
 type Config struct {
 	NodePathMap       map[string]*NodePathMap
 	CmdTimeoutSeconds int
-	VolumeType        string
-}
-
-func (c *Config) getPathBasedByVolumeType(pv *v1.PersistentVolume) (string, error) {
-	if c.VolumeType == "host" {
-		source := pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource.HostPath
-		if source == nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("no HostPath set")
-		}
-		return source.Path, nil
-	} else {
-		source := pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource.Local
-		if source == nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("no Local set")
-		}
-		return source.Path, nil
-	}
 }
 
 func NewProvisioner(stopCh chan struct{}, kubeClient *clientset.Clientset,
@@ -248,7 +230,7 @@ func (p *LocalPathProvisioner) Provision(opts pvController.ProvisionOptions) (*v
 	fs := v1.PersistentVolumeFilesystem
 
 	var pvs v1.PersistentVolumeSource
-	if p.config.VolumeType == "local" {
+	if val, ok := opts.PVC.GetAnnotations()["volumeType"]; ok && strings.ToLower(val) == "local" {
 		pvs = v1.PersistentVolumeSource{
 			Local: &v1.LocalVolumeSource{
 				Path: path,
@@ -335,9 +317,13 @@ func (p *LocalPathProvisioner) getPathAndNodeForPV(pv *v1.PersistentVolume) (pat
 		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to delete volume %v", pv.Name)
 	}()
 
-	path, pathErr := p.config.getPathBasedByVolumeType(pv)
-	if pathErr != nil {
-		return "", "", pathErr
+	volumeSource := pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource
+	if volumeSource.HostPath != nil && volumeSource.Local == nil {
+		path = volumeSource.HostPath.Path
+	} else if volumeSource.Local != nil && volumeSource.HostPath == nil {
+		path = volumeSource.Local.Path
+	} else {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("no path set")
 	}
 
 	nodeAffinity := pv.Spec.NodeAffinity
@@ -577,15 +563,5 @@ func canonicalizeConfig(data *ConfigData) (cfg *Config, err error) {
 	} else {
 		cfg.CmdTimeoutSeconds = defaultCmdTimeoutSeconds
 	}
-	if data.VolumeType != "" {
-		vt := strings.ToLower(data.VolumeType)
-		if vt == "host" || vt == "local" {
-			cfg.VolumeType = vt
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid volume type %s", vt)
-		}
-	} else {
-		cfg.VolumeType = "host"
-	}
 	return cfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/test/pod_test.go b/test/pod_test.go
index 8ec170b6b..fccecf081 100644
--- a/test/pod_test.go
+++ b/test/pod_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	hostPathVolumeType = "hostPath"
+	localVolumeType    = "local"
 )
 
 type PodTestSuite struct {
@@ -71,23 +77,29 @@ func TestPVCTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(PodTestSuite))
 }
 
-func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPod() {
+func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPodWithHostPathVolume() {
 	p.kustomizeDir = "pod"
 
-	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready")
+	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready", hostPathVolumeType)
+}
+
+func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPodWithLocalVolume() {
+	p.kustomizeDir = "pod-with-local-volume"
+
+	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready", localVolumeType)
 }
 
 func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPodWithNodeAffinity() {
 	p.kustomizeDir = "pod-with-node-affinity"
 
-	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready")
+	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready", hostPathVolumeType)
 }
 
 func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPodWithSecurityContext() {
 	p.kustomizeDir = "pod-with-security-context"
 	kustomizeDir := testdataFile(p.kustomizeDir)
 
-	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "podscheduled")
+	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "podscheduled", hostPathVolumeType)
 
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(`kubectl get pod -l %s=%s -o=jsonpath='{.items[0].status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].reason}'`, LabelKey, LabelValue)
 
@@ -116,10 +128,10 @@ loop:
 func (p *PodTestSuite) TestPodWithSubpath() {
 	p.kustomizeDir = "pod-with-subpath"
 
-	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready")
+	runTest(p, []string{p.config.IMAGE}, "ready", hostPathVolumeType)
 }
 
-func runTest(p *PodTestSuite, images []string, waitCondition string) {
+func runTest(p *PodTestSuite, images []string, waitCondition, volumeType string) {
 	kustomizeDir := testdataFile(p.kustomizeDir)
 
 	var cmds []string
@@ -149,4 +161,12 @@ func runTest(p *PodTestSuite, images []string, waitCondition string) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
+
+	typeCheckCmd := fmt.Sprintf("kubectl get pv $(%s) -o jsonpath='{.spec.%s}'", "kubectl get pv -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}'", volumeType)
+	c := createCmd(p.T(), typeCheckCmd, kustomizeDir, p.config.envs(), nil)
+	typeCheckOutput, _ := c.CombinedOutput()
+	fmt.Println(string(typeCheckOutput))
+	if len(typeCheckOutput) == 0 || !strings.Contains(string(typeCheckOutput), "path") {
+		p.FailNow("volume Type not correct")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/testdata/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml b/test/testdata/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..486f32d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/pod-with-local-volume/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- ../../../deploy
+- ../../../examples/pod-with-local-volume
+commonLabels:
+  app: local-path-provisioner
+images:
+- name: rancher/local-path-provisioner
+  newTag: dev
diff --git a/test/testdata/pod-with-subpath/kustomization.yaml b/test/testdata/pod-with-subpath/kustomization.yaml
index 4fbda0fb7..50c587a38 100644
--- a/test/testdata/pod-with-subpath/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/test/testdata/pod-with-subpath/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ commonLabels:
   app: local-path-provisioner
 images:
 - name: rancher/local-path-provisioner
-  newTag: v0.0.18
+  newTag: dev