diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index df581b381f..ed0a23e151 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS_RPC_NFSD),y)
+define NFS_UTILS_LINUX_CONFIG_FIXUPS
+	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_NFSD)
+endef
+
 define NFS_UTILS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/nfs-utils/S60nfs \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S60nfs