diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_nova/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_nova/defaults/main.yml
index 9f5308bd2e..3553365a49 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_nova/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_nova/defaults/main.yml
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ nova_compute_kvm_apt_packages:
   - qemu-utils
   - sysfsutils
   - vlan
+  - nfs-common
 
 # Common pip packages
 nova_pip_packages: