diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/configure.ac.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/configure.ac
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/configure.ac.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/configure.ac	2017-10-25 15:52:43.287511759 -0400
@@ -552,6 +552,11 @@ AC_SUBST([AM_CFLAGS], ["$my_am_cflags"])
 # Make sure that $ACLOCAL_FLAGS are used during a rebuild
 AC_SUBST([ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS], ["-I $ac_macro_dir \$(ACLOCAL_FLAGS)"])
 
+# make libexecdir available for substituion in config files
+# 2 "evals" needed late to expand variable names.
+AC_SUBST([_libexecdir])
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE([eval eval _libexecdir=$libexecdir])
+
 # make _sysconfdir available for substituion in config files
 # 2 "evals" needed late to expand variable names.
 AC_SUBST([_sysconfdir])
@@ -559,6 +564,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE([eval eval _sysco
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	Makefile
+	systemd/nfs-config.service
 	systemd/rpc-gssd.service
 	linux-nfs/Makefile
 	support/Makefile
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/Makefile.am.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/Makefile.am
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/Makefile.am.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/Makefile.am	2017-10-25 15:52:43.287511759 -0400
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ unit_files =  \
     nfs-client.target \
     rpc_pipefs.target \
     \
+    nfs-config.service \
     nfs-mountd.service \
     nfs-server.service \
     nfs-utils.service \
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-blkmap.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-blkmap.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-blkmap.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-blkmap.service	2017-10-25 15:52:43.288511762 -0400
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ PartOf=nfs-utils.service
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/blkmapd.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/blkmapd
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/blkmapd $BLKMAPDARGS
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=nfs-client.target
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-config.service.in.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-config.service.in
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-config.service.in.orig	2017-10-25 15:52:43.288511762 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-config.service.in	2017-10-25 15:52:43.288511762 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Preprocess NFS configuration
+After=local-fs.target
+DefaultDependencies=no
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+# This service needs to run any time any nfs service
+# is started, so changes to local config files get
+# incorporated.  Having "RemainAfterExit=no" (the default)
+# ensures this happens.
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart=@_libexecdir@/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_env.sh
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-idmapd.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-idmapd.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-idmapd.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-idmapd.service	2017-10-25 15:52:43.288511762 -0400
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ After=rpc_pipefs.target local-fs.target
 
 BindsTo=nfs-server.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd $RPCIDMAPDARGS
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-mountd.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-mountd.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-mountd.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-mountd.service	2017-10-25 15:52:43.289511766 -0400
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ After=network-online.target local-fs.tar
 After=rpcbind.socket
 BindsTo=nfs-server.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd $RPCMOUNTDARGS
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-server.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-server.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-server.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/nfs-server.service	2017-10-25 15:52:43.289511766 -0400
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ Before= rpc-statd-notify.service
 Wants=auth-rpcgss-module.service
 After=rpc-gssd.service gssproxy.service rpc-svcgssd.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
+
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/exportfs -r
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS
 ExecStop=/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd 0
 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/exportfs -au
 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/exportfs -f
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/README.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/README
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/README.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/README	2017-10-25 15:52:43.289511766 -0400
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ by a suitable 'preset' setting:
     can work (if no type is given, ".service" is assumed).
 
  nfs-client.target
-    If enabled, daemons needed for an nfs client are enabled.
-    This does *not* include rpc.statd.  The rpc-statd.service unit
+    If enabled, daemons needs for an nfs client are enabled.
+    This does *not* include rpc.statd.  the rpc-statd.service unit
     is started by /usr/sbin/start-statd which mount.nfs will run
     if statd is needed.
 
@@ -52,19 +52,11 @@ It cannot stop rpc.statd or rpc.gssd as
 client and systemd cannot specify is two-pronged reverse dependency.
 (i.e. stop this unit if none of these units are running)
 
-Distro specific configuration can be included in /etc/nfs.conf, or
-by providing drop-in files which replace the ExecStart line for a given
-service, and possibly add an EnvironmentFile line.
-
-For example, if systemd/system/nfs-mountd.service.d/local.conf
-contained
-  [Service]
-  EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/nfs
-  ExecStart=
-  ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd $RPCMOUNTDOPTS
-
-then the setting of RPCMOUNTDOPTS in /etc/sysconfig/nfs would be
-passed to rpc.mountd.
+Distro specific commandline configuration can be provided by
+installing a script /usr/libexec/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_env.sh
+This should write /run/sysconfig/nfs-utils based on configuration
+information such as in /etc/sysconfig/nfs or /etc/defaults/nfs.
+It is run once by nfs-config.service.
 
 rpc.gssd and rpc.svcgssd are assumed to be needed if /etc/krb5.keytab
 is present.
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-gssd.service.in.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-gssd.service.in
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-gssd.service.in.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-gssd.service.in	2017-10-25 15:52:43.290511769 -0400
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ ConditionPathExists=@_sysconfdir@/krb5.k
 
 PartOf=nfs-utils.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
+
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.gssd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.gssd $RPCGSSDARGS
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd-notify.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd-notify.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd-notify.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:52:43.290511769 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd-notify.service	2017-10-25 15:56:28.102284921 -0400
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ After=nfs-server.service
 
 PartOf=nfs-utils.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/sm-notify
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
+ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/sm-notify $SMNOTIFYARGS
 RemainAfterExit=yes
diff -up nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd.service.orig nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd.service
--- nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd.service.orig	2017-10-25 15:32:19.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-2.2.1/systemd/rpc-statd.service	2017-10-25 15:52:43.291511772 -0400
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ After=network-online.target nss-lookup.t
 
 PartOf=nfs-utils.service
 
+Wants=nfs-config.service
+After=nfs-config.service
+
 [Service]
 Environment=RPC_STATD_NO_NOTIFY=1
+EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/nfs-utils
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/rpc.statd.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.statd
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rpc.statd $STATDARGS