diff --git a/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
index 6d89db1cce..0d6250b39c 100644
--- a/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 - name: install nfs-utils
   yum: pkg=nfs-utils state=installed
 
+- name: start nfslock
+  service: name=nfslock state=started enabled=yes
+
 - name: nfs mount points
   mount: >
         name=/mnt/{{ mnt_dir }}