diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
index 5f191f62..e4aea60a 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/configure/nfs/main.go
@@ -1,8 +1,79 @@
 package nfs
 
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/warewulfconf"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+)
 
 func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
+	controller, err := warewulfconf.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if controller.Network == "" {
+		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Network must be defined in warewulf.conf to configure NFS\n")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if controller.Netmask == "" {
+		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Netmask must be defined in warewulf.conf to configure NFS\n")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if SetShow == false {
+		exports, err := os.OpenFile("/etc/exports", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		defer exports.Close()
+
+		fstab, err := os.OpenFile("/var/warewulf/overlays/system/default/etc/fstab", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		defer fstab.Close()
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(exports, "# This file was written by Warewulf (wwctl configure nfs)\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "# This file was written by Warewulf (wwctl configure nfs)\n")
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "rootfs / tmpfs defaults 0 0\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "tmpfs /run/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "proc /proc proc defaults 0 0\n")
+
+		for _, export := range controller.Nfs.Exports {
+			fmt.Fprintf(exports, "%s %s/%s(sync)\n", export, controller.Network, controller.Netmask)
+			fmt.Fprintf(fstab, "%s:%s %s nfs defaults 0 0\n", controller.Ipaddr, export, export)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("Enabling and restarting the NFS services\n")
+		if controller.Nfs.SystemdName == "" {
+			util.SystemdStart("nfs-server")
+		} else {
+			util.SystemdStart(controller.Nfs.SystemdName)
+		}
+
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("/etc/exports:\n")
+		for _, export := range controller.Nfs.Exports {
+			fmt.Printf("%s %s/%s\n", export, controller.Network, controller.Netmask)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("\n")
+		fmt.Printf("SYSTEM OVERLAY: default/etc/fstab:\n")
+		for _, export := range controller.Nfs.Exports {
+			fmt.Printf("%s:%s %s nfs defaults 0 0\n", controller.Ipaddr, export, export)
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }