diff --git a/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/files/nfs-server/run b/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/files/nfs-server/run
index b7ed2aa45fd..4c485106bd0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/files/nfs-server/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/files/nfs-server/run
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 exec 2>&1
 
-# Make sure the statd service is running.
-sv check statd >/dev/null || exit 1
-
 # This was probably only used correctly to set PROCESSES
 [ -r /etc/conf.d/nfs-server.conf ] && . /etc/conf.d/nfs-server.conf
 
 # Settings in ./conf should be preferred over /etc/conf.d/nfs-server.conf
 [ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
 
+# If this var is set, there's no need to enable statd and rpcbind services as they pertain to NFSv3
+if [ -z "$NFSV4_ONLY" ]; then
+	sv check statd >/dev/null || exit 1
+fi
+
 # Check/mount rpc_pipefs (loads sunrpc kernel module)
 if ! mountpoint -q /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs; then
 	mount -t rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs -o defaults || exit 1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/template b/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/template
index f31c928e6e6..11ed2b44677 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nfs-utils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nfs-utils'
 pkgname=nfs-utils
 version=2.8.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-statduser=nobody --enable-gss --enable-nfsv4
  --with-statedir=/var/lib/nfs --enable-libmount-mount --enable-svcgss