diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4ebf377e7..ebf157582
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/nfs.py
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ volume_opts = [
                 default=True,
                 help=('Create volumes as sparsed files which take no space.'
                       'If set to False volume is created as regular file.'
-                      'In such case volume creation takes a lot of time.'))]
+                      'In such case volume creation takes a lot of time.')),
+    cfg.StrOpt('nfs_mount_options',
+               default=None,
+               help='Mount options passed to the nfs client. See section '
+                    'of the nfs man page for details'),
+]
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 FLAGS.register_opts(volume_opts)
@@ -270,9 +275,14 @@ class NfsDriver(driver.VolumeDriver):
         if not self._path_exists(mount_path):
             self._execute('mkdir', '-p', mount_path)
 
+        # Construct the NFS mount command.
+        nfs_cmd = ['mount', '-t', 'nfs']
+        if FLAGS.nfs_mount_options is not None:
+            nfs_cmd.extend(['-o', FLAGS.nfs_mount_options])
+        nfs_cmd.extend([nfs_share, mount_path])
+
         try:
-            self._execute('mount', '-t', 'nfs', nfs_share, mount_path,
-                          run_as_root=True)
+            self._execute(*nfs_cmd, run_as_root=True)
         except exception.ProcessExecutionError as exc:
             if ensure and 'already mounted' in exc.stderr:
                 LOG.warn(_("%s is already mounted"), nfs_share)
diff --git a/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample b/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
index 5553f0a96..e7b2c9463 100644
--- a/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/cinder/cinder.conf.sample
@@ -882,6 +882,11 @@
 # volume creation takes a lot of time. (boolean value)
 #nfs_sparsed_volumes=true
 
+# Mount options passed to the nfs client (string value)
+# The value set here is passed directly to the -o flag
+# of the mount command. See the nfs man page for details.
+#nfs_mount_options=None
+
 
 #
 # Options defined in cinder.volume.drivers.rbd