diff --git a/nfs-utils-2.5.3-rdma-on.patch b/nfs-utils-2.5.3-rdma-on.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f8268a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfs-utils-2.5.3-rdma-on.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff -up nfs-utils-2.5.3/nfs.conf.orig nfs-utils-2.5.3/nfs.conf
+--- nfs-utils-2.5.3/nfs.conf.orig	2021-03-16 13:38:43.922161313 -0400
++++ nfs-utils-2.5.3/nfs.conf	2021-03-16 13:39:24.560299448 -0400
+@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ use-gss-proxy=1
+ # vers4.0=y
+ # vers4.1=y
+ # vers4.2=y
+-# rdma=n
+-# rdma-port=20049
+-#
++rdma=y
++rdma-port=20049
++
+ [statd]
+ # debug=0
+ # port=0
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index 0bddbb2..b522d58 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel NFS ser
 Name: nfs-utils
 URL: http://linux-nfs.org/
 Version: 2.5.3
-Release: 2.rc1%{?dist}
+Release: 3.rc1%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 
 # group all 32bit related archs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source6: nfs-convert.service
 Source7: 10-nfsv4.conf
 
 Patch001: nfs-utils-2.5.4-rc1.patch
+Patch002: nfs-utils-2.5.3-rdma-on.patch
 
 Patch100: nfs-utils-1.2.1-statdpath-man.patch
 Patch101: nfs-utils-1.2.1-exp-subtree-warn-off.patch
@@ -453,6 +454,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/*/nfsiostat.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 16 2021 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 2.5.3-3.rc1
+- Enable NFS server RDMA by default (bz 1931565)
+
 * Mon Mar 15 2021 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 2.5.3-2.rc1
 - Updated to the latest RC release: nfs-utils-2-5-4-rc1 (bz 1939257)