diff --git a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
index a2fb775c88c36bed09ebe08e34d36d752d54d8fc..ede80f245c6b5e2843d5ce2cfcc09b2efc309ca4 100644
--- a/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/nfs-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
     - sysctl
     - config
 
+- name: ensure nfs-common is enabled
+  service: name=nfs-common state=running enabled=yes
+  tags:
+    - nfs-client
+    - service
+
 - name: ensure there is a base directory for automount
   file: state=directory path=/net owner=root group=root mode=0755
   notify: