diff --git a/etc/warewulf.conf b/etc/warewulf.conf
index 938c0bc9..b6e29601 100644
--- a/etc/warewulf.conf
+++ b/etc/warewulf.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ tftp:
   systemd name: tftp
 nfs:
   systemd name: nfs-server
-  exports:
-  - /home
-  - /var/warewulf
\ No newline at end of file
+  export paths:
+    - path: /home
+      export options: rw,sync
+      mount options: default
+      mount: true
+    - path: /opt
+      export options: ro,sync,no_root_squash
+      mount: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
index b9d5ec08..890b0370 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ func Configure(show bool) error {
 			}
 
 			for _, export := range controller.Nfs.ExportsExtended {
-				fmt.Fprintf(exports, "%s %s/%s(%s)\n", export.Path, controller.Network, controller.Netmask, export.Options)
+				fmt.Fprintf(exports, "%s %s/%s(%s)\n", export.Path, controller.Network, controller.Netmask, export.ExportOptions)
 				if export.Mount {
-					fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "%s:%s %s nfs defaults 0 0\n", controller.Ipaddr, export.Path, export.Path)
+					var mountOpts string
+					if export.MountOptions == "" {
+						mountOpts = "defaults"
+					} else {
+						mountOpts = export.MountOptions
+					}
+					fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "%s:%s %s nfs %s 0 0\n", controller.Ipaddr, export.Path, export.Path, mountOpts)
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
index db262269..f1405baa 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfconf/datastructure.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package warewulfconf
 
 import (
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
-	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 )
 
 var ConfigFile = "/etc/warewulf/warewulf.conf"
@@ -44,29 +44,30 @@ type TftpConf struct {
 }
 
 type NfsConf struct {
-	Enabled     bool     `default:"true" yaml:"enabled"`
-	Exports     []string `yaml:"exports"`
-	ExportsExtended []*NfsExportConf `yaml:"exports extended"`
-	SystemdName string   `yaml:"systemd name"`
-}
-
-func (s *NfsConf) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
-    if err := defaults.Set(s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-    type plain NfsConf
-    if err := unmarshal((*plain)(s)); err != nil {
-        return err
-    }
-
-    return nil
+	Enabled         bool             `default:"true" yaml:"enabled"`
+	Exports         []string         `yaml:"exports"`
+	ExportsExtended []*NfsExportConf `yaml:"export paths"`
+	SystemdName     string           `yaml:"systemd name"`
 }
 
 type NfsExportConf struct {
-	Path     string  `yaml:"path"`
-	Options  string  `yaml:"options"`
-	Mount    bool    `yaml:"mount"`
+	Path          string `yaml:"path"`
+	ExportOptions string `yaml:"export options"`
+	MountOptions  string `yaml:"mount options"`
+	Mount         bool   `yaml:"mount"`
+}
+
+func (s *NfsConf) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	if err := defaults.Set(s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	type plain NfsConf
+	if err := unmarshal((*plain)(s)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func init() {