diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/Config.in b/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
index 86045fa6b..ffe865d1f 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS
 	default n
 	help
 	  The NFS Linux kernel server.
+	  Warning: We do not force largefile support on here on purpose.
+	  Enable it yourself if you want to access big exports!
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs
 
diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index 1eba56fab..ddfdca02a 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ NFS_UTILS_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/nfs-utils-$(NFS_UTILS_VER)
 NFS_UTILS_BINARY:=utils/nfsd/nfsd
 NFS_UTILS_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
 
+BR2_NFS_UTILS_CFLAGS=
+ifeq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),)
+BR2_NFS_UTILS_CFLAGS+=-U_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -U_FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+endif
+BR2_NFS_UTILS_CFLAGS+=-DUTS_RELEASE='\"$(LINUX_HEADERS_VERSION)\"'
+
+
 $(DL_DIR)/$(NFS_UTILS_SOURCE):
 	 $(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(NFS_UTILS_SITE)/$(NFS_UTILS_SOURCE)
 
@@ -25,7 +32,7 @@ $(NFS_UTILS_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(NFS_UTILS_SOURCE)
 $(NFS_UTILS_DIR)/.configured: $(NFS_UTILS_DIR)/.unpacked
 	(cd $(NFS_UTILS_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(BR2_NFS_UTILS_CFLAGS)" \
 		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 		knfsd_cv_bsd_signals=no \
 		./configure \