diff --git a/block/Makefile.objs b/block/Makefile.objs
index 3da471e388..cb158e9275 100644
--- a/block/Makefile.objs
+++ b/block/Makefile.objs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ block-obj-y += crypto.o
 
 common-obj-y += stream.o
 
+nfs.o-libs         := $(LIBNFS_LIBS)
 iscsi.o-cflags     := $(LIBISCSI_CFLAGS)
 iscsi.o-libs       := $(LIBISCSI_LIBS)
 curl.o-cflags      := $(CURL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7d083bdd85..2efc3382e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4578,7 +4578,6 @@ if test "$libnfs" != "no" ; then
   if $pkg_config --atleast-version=1.9.3 libnfs; then
     libnfs="yes"
     libnfs_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libnfs)
-    LIBS="$LIBS $libnfs_libs"
   else
     if test "$libnfs" = "yes" ; then
       feature_not_found "libnfs" "Install libnfs devel >= 1.9.3"
@@ -5351,7 +5350,8 @@ if test "$libiscsi" = "yes" ; then
 fi
 
 if test "$libnfs" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_LIBNFS=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CONFIG_LIBNFS=m" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "LIBNFS_LIBS=$libnfs_libs" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
 if test "$seccomp" = "yes"; then