diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
index 404c3ecc9f..53d088f30e 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:linuxstdbase"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " pam largefile opengl"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 = "libx11"
 
+# Ensure the kernel nfs server is enabled
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " features/nfsd/nfsd-enable.scc"
+