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..138791b 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 \
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}-stats = "python"
 do_install_append () {
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/nfsserver ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/nfsserver
+	# kernel code as of 3.8 hard-codes this path as a default
+	install -d ${D}/var/lib/nfs/v4recovery
 
 	# the following are built by CC_FOR_BUILD
 	rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/rpcdebug