diff --git a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
index 4e4a735c1c..f067c6b343 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
   - restart collectd
   when: collectd_apache is defined
 
+- name: enable collectd nfs module
+  copy: src=nfs.conf dest=/etc/collectd.d/nfs.conf
+  tags:
+  - collectd
+  notify:
+  - restart collectd
+
 # Three tasks for handling our (two) custom selinux modules.
 - name: ensure a directory exists for our custom selinux module
   file: dest=/usr/share/collectd state=directory