diff --git a/packages/linux/unpack b/packages/linux/unpack
index 9621709a31..d96744879b 100755
--- a/packages/linux/unpack
+++ b/packages/linux/unpack
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$ROOT/$BUILD
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_SWAP=.*$|# CONFIG_SWAP is not set|" $LINUX/.config
   fi
 
+# disable nfs support if not enabled
+  if [ ! "$NFS_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_NFS_FS=.*$|# CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set|" $LINUX/.config
+  fi
+
 # copy some extra firmware to linux tree
   cp -R $PKG_DIR/firmware/* $LINUX/firmware