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 84c4464..a0b2399 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
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS = "libcap libnfsidmap libevent util-linux tcp-wrappers"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "rpcbind"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-nfsd"
 
-PR = "r4"
+PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/nfs/nfs-utils-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://nfs-utils-1.0.6-uclibc.patch \
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@ do_install_append () {
 	rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/rpcdebug
 	rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/rpcgen
 	rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/locktest
+
+	# needed to allow NFSD to end its grace period
+	install -d ${D}/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
 }