diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index f7861c3c94c47..3da6e1a110417 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -1863,6 +1863,16 @@
  */
 'updatedirectory' => '',
 
+/**
+ * Override where Nextcloud stores the ``appdata_INSTANCEID`` directory. Useful
+ * when using remote object storage where local system disks provide faster data
+ * access or when using shared storage for ``appdata_INSTANCEID`` between
+ * multiple Nextcloud systems. Defaults to `datadirectory` if unset.
+ * 
+ * The Web server user must have write access to this directory.
+ */
+'appdataroot' => '',
+
 /**
  * Blacklist a specific file or files and disallow the upload of files
  * with this name. ``.htaccess`` is blocked by default.
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/AppData/AppData.php b/lib/private/Files/AppData/AppData.php
index 237fcb42e0376..3e1d8235e7fba 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/AppData/AppData.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/AppData/AppData.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 
 use OCP\Cache\CappedMemoryCache;
 use OC\Files\SimpleFS\SimpleFolder;
+use OC\Files\Node\LazyRoot;
+use OC\Files\Storage\LocalRootStorage;
+use OC\Files\Mount\MountPoint;
 use OC\SystemConfig;
 use OCP\Files\Folder;
 use OCP\Files\IAppData;
@@ -55,10 +58,28 @@ class AppData implements IAppData {
 	public function __construct(IRootFolder $rootFolder,
 								SystemConfig $systemConfig,
 								string $appId) {
-		$this->rootFolder = $rootFolder;
 		$this->config = $systemConfig;
 		$this->appId = $appId;
 		$this->folders = new CappedMemoryCache();
+
+		$this->rootFolder = new LazyRoot(function () use ($rootFolder, $systemConfig) {
+			if ($appdataroot = $systemConfig->getValue('appdataroot', null)) {
+				$instanceId = $systemConfig->getValue('instanceid', null);
+				if ($instanceId === null) {
+					throw new \RuntimeException('no instance id!');
+				}
+		
+				$folderName = 'appdata_' . $instanceId;
+				
+				$arguments = [
+					'datadir' => $appdataroot,
+				];
+				$storage = new LocalRootStorage($arguments);
+				$mount = new MountPoint($storage, $folderName, $arguments);
+				\OC::$server->getMountManager()->addMount($mount);
+			}
+			return $rootFolder;
+		});
 	}
 
 	private function getAppDataFolderName() {
diff --git a/lib/private/Files/Cache/LocalRootScanner.php b/lib/private/Files/Cache/LocalRootScanner.php
index 0b6bc497ea36d..0c31457cd794f 100644
--- a/lib/private/Files/Cache/LocalRootScanner.php
+++ b/lib/private/Files/Cache/LocalRootScanner.php
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ public function scan($path, $recursive = self::SCAN_RECURSIVE, $reuse = -1, $loc
 
 	private function shouldScanPath(string $path): bool {
 		$path = trim($path, '/');
-		return $path === '' || strpos($path, 'appdata_') === 0 || strpos($path, '__groupfolders') === 0;
+		return $path === '' || strpos($path, 'appdata_') === 0 || strpos($path, '__groupfolders') === 0 || strpos($this->storage->getMountPoint(), '/appdata_') === 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/SystemConfig.php b/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
index a18c4c2a138cb..3cd4223e99674 100644
--- a/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class SystemConfig {
 	protected $sensitiveValues = [
 		'instanceid' => true,
 		'datadirectory' => true,
+		'appdataroot' => true,
 		'dbname' => true,
 		'dbhost' => true,
 		'dbpassword' => true,
diff --git a/tests/lib/Files/AppData/AppDataTest.php b/tests/lib/Files/AppData/AppDataTest.php
index d06d7a9a91e41..34c31c7cbdc33 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Files/AppData/AppDataTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Files/AppData/AppDataTest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 			->method('getValue')
 			->with('instanceid', null)
 			->willReturn('iid');
+
+		$this->systemConfig->expects($this->any())
+			->method('getValue')
+			->with('appdataroot', null)
+			->willReturn('/path');
 	}
 
 	private function setupAppFolder() {