diff --git a/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODeviceContext.java b/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODeviceContext.java
index 7d4d049..e66247a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODeviceContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODeviceContext.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ else if ( m_trashDir.isFile())
                     throw new DeviceContextException("Trashcan path is not a folder - " + m_trashDir.getAbsolutePath());
 
                 // Make sure the trashcan folder is on the same volume as the shared folder, so we can rename deleted files
-                if ( rootDir.getParent().equalsIgnoreCase( m_trashDir.getParent()) == false) {
+                if (!isTrashcanOnSameVolume(rootDir, m_trashDir)) {
 
                     // File share and trash folders are not on the same volume
                     throw new DeviceContextException("File share and trash folders must be on the same volume");
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ else if ( m_trashDir.isFile())
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate that the trashcan folder resides on the same volume as the shared
+     * folder. This is a requirement because we want to be able to move files into
+     * the trashcan by simply renaming them.
+     * <p>
+     * The default implementation only uses a simple heuristic, override this method
+     * to provide a more advanced platform-specific check if required.
+     *
+     * @param rootDir  The root directory of the shared folder
+     * @param trashCan The proposed trashcan directory
+     * @return True if the proposed trashcan directory is acceptable, false to
+     *         signal an error
+     */
+    protected boolean isTrashcanOnSameVolume(File rootDir, File trashCan) {
+        return trashCan.getAbsolutePath().startsWith(rootDir.getAbsolutePath())
+                || rootDir.getParent().equalsIgnoreCase(m_trashDir.getParent());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if the trashcan folder is configured
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODiskDriver.java b/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODiskDriver.java
index b25cb62..58604a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODiskDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/filesys/smb/server/disk/JavaNIODiskDriver.java
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ public DeviceContext createContext(String shareName, ConfigElement args)
             throws DeviceContextException {
 
         // Parse the configuration and return the device context for this share
-        JavaNIODeviceContext ctx = new JavaNIODeviceContext( shareName, args);
+        JavaNIODeviceContext ctx = createJavaNIODeviceContext(shareName, args);
 
         // If the trashcan folder is configured then check if there are any trash files left over from a previous
         // server run
@@ -1063,6 +1063,20 @@ public void run() {
         return ctx;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Provide a new <code>JavaNIODeviceContext</code> for
+     * <code>createContext</code> Override this method to provide your own class.
+     *
+     * @param shareName
+     * @param args
+     * @return DeviceContext
+     * @throws DeviceContextException Error creating the device context
+     */
+    protected JavaNIODeviceContext createJavaNIODeviceContext(String shareName, ConfigElement args)
+            throws DeviceContextException {
+        return new JavaNIODeviceContext(shareName, args);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Connection opened to this disk device
      *