diff --git a/util-linux/nfsmount.c b/util-linux/nfsmount.c
index cd722acc3..ba14aa6bc 100644
--- a/util-linux/nfsmount.c
+++ b/util-linux/nfsmount.c
@@ -50,9 +50,56 @@
 #include <rpc/rpc.h>
 #include <rpc/pmap_prot.h>
 #include <rpc/pmap_clnt.h>
-#include <linux/nfs.h>  /* For the kernels nfs stuff */
 #include "nfsmount.h"
 
+
+/*
+ * NFS stats. The good thing with these values is that NFSv3 errors are
+ * a superset of NFSv2 errors (with the exception of NFSERR_WFLUSH which
+ * no-one uses anyway), so we can happily mix code as long as we make sure
+ * no NFSv3 errors are returned to NFSv2 clients.
+ * Error codes that have a `--' in the v2 column are not part of the
+ * standard, but seem to be widely used nevertheless.
+ */
+enum nfs_stat {
+	NFS_OK = 0,			/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_PERM = 1,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOENT = 2,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_IO = 5,			/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NXIO = 6,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_EAGAIN = 11,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_ACCES = 13,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_EXIST = 17,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_XDEV = 18,		/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_NODEV = 19,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOTDIR = 20,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_ISDIR = 21,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_INVAL = 22,		/* v2 v3 that Sun forgot */
+	NFSERR_FBIG = 27,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOSPC = 28,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_ROFS = 30,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_MLINK = 31,		/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_OPNOTSUPP = 45,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NAMETOOLONG = 63,	/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOTEMPTY = 66,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_DQUOT = 69,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_STALE = 70,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_REMOTE = 71,		/* v2 v3 */
+	NFSERR_WFLUSH = 99,		/* v2    */
+	NFSERR_BADHANDLE = 10001,	/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOT_SYNC = 10002,	/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_BAD_COOKIE = 10003,	/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_NOTSUPP = 10004,		/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_TOOSMALL = 10005,	/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_SERVERFAULT = 10006,	/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_BADTYPE = 10007,		/*    v3 */
+	NFSERR_JUKEBOX = 10008		/*    v3 */
+};
+ 
+#define NFS_PROGRAM	100003
+
+
+
 #ifndef NFS_FHSIZE
 static const int NFS_FHSIZE = 32;
 #endif