diff --git a/gnu/packages/nfs.scm b/gnu/packages/nfs.scm
index ba50ca5e01..8370107939 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/nfs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/nfs.scm
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
      `(("keyutils" ,keyutils)
        ("libevent" ,libevent)
        ("libnfsidmap" ,libnfsidmap)
-       ("rpcsvc-proto" ,rpcsvc-proto) ;for 'rpcgen'
+       ("rpcsvc-proto" ,rpcsvc-proto)   ;for 'rpcgen'
        ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
        ("lvm2" ,lvm2)
-       ("util-linux" ,util-linux "lib")
+       ("util-linux" ,util-linux)           ; only for above substitutions
+       ("util-linux:lib" ,util-linux "lib") ; for libblkid
        ("mit-krb5" ,mit-krb5)
        ("libtirpc" ,libtirpc)
        ("python-wrapper" ,python-wrapper))) ;for the Python based tools