diff --git a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
index 3d99dd7ef9..0df3dec274 100644
--- a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+- name: install network-scripts package
+  package: name=network-scripts state=installed
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 29
+  tags:
+  - nfs/client
+
 # Setup our idmapd.conf file. It should be loaded automagically.
 - name: idmapd.conf
   copy: src=idmapd.conf dest=/etc/idmapd.conf