diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.3.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.3.bb
index 5a4a7e7..5c9eb2b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.3.bb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 
 # Only kernel-module-nfsd is required here (but can be built-in)  - the nfsd module will
 # pull in the remainder of the dependencies.
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append " nfsd"
 
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "nfsserver"
 # The server has no dependencies at the user run levels, so just put