diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index c97d2c6..2d3bd72 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -265,9 +265,10 @@ fi
 %attr(4755,root,root)   /sbin/umount.nfs4
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Sep 16 2008 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.1.3-5
+* Thu Sep 18 2008 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.1.3-5
 - Reworked init scripts so service will be able to
   stop when some of the checks fail. (bz 462508)
+- Pre-load nfsd when args to rpc.nfsd are given (bz 441983)
 
 * Thu Aug 28 2008 Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com> 1.1.3-4
 - Added in a number of up upstream patches (101 thru 110).
diff --git a/nfs.init b/nfs.init
index 73f42ac..e26e9e7 100755
--- a/nfs.init
+++ b/nfs.init
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ case "$1" in
 		RETVAL=$?
 	    echo
 	fi
+
+	# Load preload module so arguments to rpc.nfsd will take effect
+	[ -n "$RPCNFSDARGS" -a "$NFSD_MODULE" != "noload" ] && {
+		[ -x /sbin/modprobe ] && /sbin/modprobe nfsd
+	}
+
 	echo -n $"Starting NFS daemon: "
 	daemon rpc.nfsd $RPCNFSDARGS $RPCNFSDCOUNT
 	RETVAL=$?
diff --git a/nfs.sysconfig b/nfs.sysconfig
index 940c7b2..925d063 100644
--- a/nfs.sysconfig
+++ b/nfs.sysconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 # Number of nfs server processes to be started.
 # The default is 8. 
 #RPCNFSDCOUNT=8
+# Stop the nfsd module from being pre-loaded
+#NFSD_MODULE="noload"
 #
 #
 # Optional arguments passed to rpc.mountd. See rpc.mountd(8)