diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index 43534d4cca..e1a4d129b7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ nrpe_procs_crit: 200
 
 # env is staging or production, we default it to production here. 
 env: production
+
+# nfs mount options, override at the group/host level
+nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/wiki b/inventory/group_vars/wiki
index f32aae17ff..5950013e90 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/wiki
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/wiki
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: mediawiki
   owner: root
   group: apache
+
+nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/wiki-stg b/inventory/group_vars/wiki-stg
index f32aae17ff..5950013e90 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/wiki-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/wiki-stg
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: mediawiki
   owner: root
   group: apache
+
+nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid"
diff --git a/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
index a6e389cf94..10712880f9 100644
--- a/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         name=/mnt/{{ mnt_dir }} 
         src=vtap-fedora-nfs01.storage.phx2.redhat.com:/vol/{{ nfs_src_dir }} 
         fstype=nfs 
-        opts=ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid 
+        opts={{nfs_mount_opts}}
         passno=0 
         dump=0
         state=mounted