diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/platform/baseline/debian/nfs_server.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/platform/baseline/debian/nfs_server.pp
index ef4c4d3f..83fd74b5 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/platform/baseline/debian/nfs_server.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/platform/baseline/debian/nfs_server.pp
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 #
 class profile::platform::baseline::debian::nfs_server {
   package { 'nfs-kernel-server': }
+  ->  service {'rpc-statd':
+        ensure => running,
+        enable => true,
+      }
 }