diff --git a/hosts/cm.nix b/hosts/cm.nix
index 7aae9a1..3e14846 100644
--- a/hosts/cm.nix
+++ b/hosts/cm.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       ../modules/homebrew.nix
       ../modules/account.nix
       ../modules/rosetta.nix
+      ../modules/elasticsearch-volume.nix
     ];
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch-volume.nix b/modules/elasticsearch-volume.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291f2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch-volume.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  volume = "elasticsearch";
+  sectors = "131072";
+  ensureRamdisk = pkgs.writeShellScript "ensure-elasticsearch-volume" ''
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    if [ ! -d "/Volumes/${volume}" ]; then
+      device=$(/usr/bin/hdiutil attach -nomount ram://${sectors} | tr -d '[:space:]')
+      /usr/sbin/diskutil erasevolume APFS "${volume}" "$device"
+    fi
+
+    /bin/mkdir -p "/Volumes/${volume}"
+    /usr/sbin/chown mostlyobvious:staff "/Volumes/${volume}"
+    /bin/chmod 755 "/Volumes/${volume}"
+  '';
+in
+{
+  launchd.daemons.elasticsearch-volume = {
+    command = "${ensureRamdisk}";
+    serviceConfig.RunAtLoad = true;
+  };
+}