diff --git a/handlers/restart_services.yml b/handlers/restart_services.yml
index 5290ecaac0..a7c6ae20e5 100644
--- a/handlers/restart_services.yml
+++ b/handlers/restart_services.yml
@@ -170,3 +170,6 @@
 
 - name: flush journald tmpfiles to persistent store
   command: pkill -f -USR1 systemd-journald
+
+- name: restart idmapd
+  service: name=nfs-idmapd state=restarted
diff --git a/roles/nfs/client/files/idmapd.conf b/roles/nfs/client/files/idmapd.conf
index b9ade0f188..8bfb7629ce 100644
--- a/roles/nfs/client/files/idmapd.conf
+++ b/roles/nfs/client/files/idmapd.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Domain = fedoraproject.org
 # is a dynamically loadable plugin library.
 # New methods may be defined and inserted in the list.
 # The default is "nsswitch".
-Method = nsswitch
+Method = static
 
 # Optional.  This is a comma-separated, ordered list of
 # translation methods to be used for translating GSS
diff --git a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
index 7dc80d9145..4ec58617ce 100644
--- a/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   copy: src=idmapd.conf dest=/etc/idmapd.conf
   tags:
   - nfs/client
+  notify:
+  - restart idmapd
 
 - name: route config for netapp network
   copy: src=route-eth1.{{ datacenter }} dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-eth1