diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfs-statd.service b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfs-statd.service
index 4fa64e1998..d1ac785b04 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfs-statd.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils/nfs-statd.service
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ DefaultDependencies=no
 Conflicts=umount.target
 Requires=nss-lookup.target rpcbind.service
 After=network.target nss-lookup.target rpcbind.service
+ConditionPathExists=@SYSCONFDIR@/exports
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-@SYSCONFDIR@/nfs-utils.conf