diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.5.1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.5.1.bb
index 188a8893b4..b8ad23a0d8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_2.5.1.bb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-statduser=rpcuser \
                 --disable-gss \
                 --disable-nfsdcltrack \
                 --with-statdpath=/var/lib/nfs/statd \
+                --with-rpcgen=${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/rpcgen \
                "
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "tcp-wrappers \