diff --git a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
index 969a89266..76ec3b8a6 100644
--- a/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages disk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages nfs)
   #:use-module (gnu packages guile)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages make-bootstrap)
                 #:select (%guile-static-stripped))
@@ -231,6 +232,9 @@ FILE-SYSTEMS."
     ,@(if (find (file-system-type-predicate "btrfs") file-systems)
           (list btrfs-progs/static)
           '())
+    ,@(if (find (file-system-type-predicate "nfs") file-systems)
+          (list nfs-utils)
+          '())
     ,@(if volatile-root?
           (list unionfs-fuse/static)
           '())))