diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 7fe5501e..54dec25c 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -192,10 +192,9 @@ func ConfigVolumes(service kobject.ServiceConfig) ([]api.VolumeMount, []api.Volu
 		volumesMount = append(volumesMount, api.VolumeMount{Name: name, ReadOnly: readonly, MountPath: container})
 
 		if len(host) > 0 {
-			volumeSource = api.VolumeSource{HostPath: &api.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: host}}
-		} else {
-			volumeSource = api.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &api.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}
+			logrus.Warningf("Volume mount on the host %q isn't supported - ignoring path on the host", host)
 		}
+		volumeSource = api.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &api.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}}
 
 		volumes = append(volumes, api.Volume{Name: name, VolumeSource: volumeSource})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
index 8a27da89..7102ab07 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes_test.go
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ func checkPodTemplate(config kobject.ServiceConfig, template api.PodTemplateSpec
 	if !equalStringSlice(config.Args, container.Args) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Found different container args: %#v vs. %#v", config.Args, container.Args)
 	}
-	if len(template.Spec.Volumes) == 0 || len(template.Spec.Volumes[0].Name) == 0 ||
-		(template.Spec.Volumes[0].VolumeSource.HostPath == nil && template.Spec.Volumes[0].VolumeSource.EmptyDir == nil) {
+	if len(template.Spec.Volumes) == 0 || len(template.Spec.Volumes[0].Name) == 0 || template.Spec.Volumes[0].VolumeSource.EmptyDir == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Found incorrect volumes: %v vs. %#v", config.Volumes, template.Spec.Volumes)
 	}
 	// We only set controller labels here and k8s server will take care of other defaults, such as selectors