diff --git a/engine/storage/datamotion/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/AncientDataMotionStrategy.java b/engine/storage/datamotion/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/AncientDataMotionStrategy.java
index 0b0065361d07..a481391ab720 100644
--- a/engine/storage/datamotion/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/AncientDataMotionStrategy.java
+++ b/engine/storage/datamotion/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/motion/AncientDataMotionStrategy.java
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.ZoneScope;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.async.AsyncCompletionCallback;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.secstorage.heuristics.HeuristicType;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.RemoteHostEndPoint;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.command.CopyCommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.VolumeDataStoreDao;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.VolumeDataStoreVO;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.heuristics.HeuristicRuleHelper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.image.datastore.ImageStoreEntity;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.to.PrimaryDataStoreTO;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -104,6 +106,9 @@ public class AncientDataMotionStrategy implements DataMotionStrategy {
     @Inject
     SnapshotDao snapshotDao;
 
+    @Inject
+    HeuristicRuleHelper heuristicRuleHelper;
+
     @Override
     public StrategyPriority canHandle(DataObject srcData, DataObject destData) {
         return StrategyPriority.DEFAULT;
@@ -374,7 +379,13 @@ protected Answer copyVolumeBetweenPools(DataObject srcData, DataObject destData)
             }
             // need to find a nfs or cifs image store, assuming that can't copy volume
             // directly to s3
-            ImageStoreEntity imageStore = (ImageStoreEntity)dataStoreMgr.getImageStoreWithFreeCapacity(destScope.getScopeId());
+            Long zoneId = destScope.getScopeId();
+            ImageStoreEntity imageStore = (ImageStoreEntity) heuristicRuleHelper.getImageStoreIfThereIsHeuristicRule(zoneId, HeuristicType.VOLUME, destData);
+            if (imageStore == null) {
+                logger.debug("Secondary storage selector did not direct volume migration to a specific secondary storage; using secondary storage with the most free capacity.");
+                imageStore = (ImageStoreEntity) dataStoreMgr.getImageStoreWithFreeCapacity(zoneId);
+            }
+
             if (imageStore == null || !imageStore.getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("nfs") && !imageStore.getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("cifs")) {
                 String errMsg = "can't find a nfs (or cifs) image store to satisfy the need for a staging store";
                 Answer answer = new Answer(null, false, errMsg);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/heuristics/HeuristicRuleHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/heuristics/HeuristicRuleHelper.java
index 21a34de0d23b..2e0780e7fe8d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/heuristics/HeuristicRuleHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/heuristics/HeuristicRuleHelper.java
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ protected void buildPresetVariables(JsInterpreter jsInterpreter, HeuristicType h
                 accountId = ((SnapshotInfo) obj).getAccountId();
                 break;
             case VOLUME:
-                presetVariables.setVolume(setVolumePresetVariable((VolumeVO) obj));
-                accountId = ((VolumeVO) obj).getAccountId();
+                presetVariables.setVolume(setVolumePresetVariable((com.cloud.storage.Volume) obj));
+                accountId = ((com.cloud.storage.Volume) obj).getAccountId();
                 break;
         }
         presetVariables.setAccount(setAccountPresetVariable(accountId));
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ protected Template setTemplatePresetVariable(VMTemplateVO templateVO) {
         return template;
     }
 
-    protected Volume setVolumePresetVariable(VolumeVO volumeVO) {
-        Volume volume = new Volume();
+    protected Volume setVolumePresetVariable(com.cloud.storage.Volume volumeVO) {
+        Volume volumePresetVariable = new Volume();
 
-        volume.setName(volumeVO.getName());
-        volume.setFormat(volumeVO.getFormat());
-        volume.setSize(volumeVO.getSize());
+        volumePresetVariable.setName(volumeVO.getName());
+        volumePresetVariable.setFormat(volumeVO.getFormat());
+        volumePresetVariable.setSize(volumeVO.getSize());
 
-        return volume;
+        return volumePresetVariable;
     }
 
     protected Snapshot setSnapshotPresetVariable(SnapshotInfo snapshotInfo) {