diff --git a/srcpkgs/nilfs-utils/template b/srcpkgs/nilfs-utils/template
index 443e9c3b0f2..a8861bff74f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nilfs-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nilfs-utils/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=2.1.1
 homepage="http://www.nilfs.org"
 distfiles="$homepage/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-libmount"
 short_desc="A log-structured file system for Linux - userspace utils"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"