diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index c172ca4e8fc..ed4f75bf133 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ type PersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	HostPath *HostPathVolumeSource `json:"hostPath"`
 	// Glusterfs represents a Glusterfs volume that is attached to a host and exposed to the pod
 	Glusterfs *GlusterfsVolumeSource `json:"glusterfs"`
+	// NFS represents an NFS mount on the host that shares a pod's lifetime
+	NFS *NFSVolumeSource `json:"nfs"`
 }
 
 type PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource struct {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
index a5aa0665569..032c5300786 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/conversion.go
@@ -1609,6 +1609,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Glusterfs, &out.Glusterfs, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.NFS, &out.NFS, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			return nil
 		},
 		func(in *newer.PersistentVolumeSource, out *PersistentVolumeSource, s conversion.Scope) error {
@@ -1624,6 +1627,9 @@ func init() {
 			if err := s.Convert(&in.Glusterfs, &out.Glusterfs, 0); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			if err := s.Convert(&in.NFS, &out.NFS, 0); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			return nil
 		},
 		func(in *PersistentVolumeSpec, out *newer.PersistentVolumeSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
index ae1c424449f..baa8b431653 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ type PersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	HostPath *HostPathVolumeSource `json:"hostPath" description:"a HostPath provisioned by a developer or tester; for develment use only"`
 	// Glusterfs represents a Glusterfs volume that is attached to a host and exposed to the pod
 	Glusterfs *GlusterfsVolumeSource `json:"glusterfs" description:"Glusterfs volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
+	// NFS represents an NFS mount on the host
+	NFS *NFSVolumeSource `json:"nfs" description:"NFS volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
 }
 
 type PersistentVolume struct {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index 951a2f92d73..de8ada33a15 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ type PersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	HostPath *HostPathVolumeSource `json:"hostPath" description:"a HostPath provisioned by a developer or tester; for develment use only"`
 	// Glusterfs represents a Glusterfs volume that is attached to a host and exposed to the pod
 	Glusterfs *GlusterfsVolumeSource `json:"glusterfs" description:"Glusterfs volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
+	// NFS represents an NFS mount on the host
+	NFS *NFSVolumeSource `json:"nfs" description:"NFS volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
 }
 
 type PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource struct {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index a1b3d0d31aa..6275b6784f2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ type PersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	HostPath *HostPathVolumeSource `json:"hostPath" description:"a HostPath provisioned by a developer or tester; for develment use only"`
 	// Glusterfs represents a Glusterfs volume that is attached to a host and exposed to the pod
 	Glusterfs *GlusterfsVolumeSource `json:"glusterfs" description:"Glusterfs volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
+	// NFS represents an NFS mount on the host
+	NFS *NFSVolumeSource `json:"nfs" description:"NFS volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
 }
 
 type PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource struct {
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
index b0ff3fd8647..4482931d485 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta3/types.go
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ type PersistentVolumeSource struct {
 	HostPath *HostPathVolumeSource `json:"hostPath" description:"a HostPath provisioned by a developer or tester; for develment use only"`
 	// Glusterfs represents a Glusterfs volume that is attached to a host and exposed to the pod
 	Glusterfs *GlusterfsVolumeSource `json:"glusterfs" description:"Glusterfs volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
+	// NFS represents an NFS mount on the host
+	NFS *NFSVolumeSource `json:"nfs" description:"NFS volume resource provisioned by an admin"`
 }
 
 type PersistentVolume struct {
diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
index 1dff82c7646..2889a91f6c6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation.go
@@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ func ValidatePersistentVolume(pv *api.PersistentVolume) errs.ValidationErrorList
 		numVolumes++
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateGlusterfs(pv.Spec.Glusterfs).Prefix("glusterfs")...)
 	}
+	if pv.Spec.NFS != nil {
+		numVolumes++
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateNFS(pv.Spec.NFS).Prefix("nfs")...)
+	}
 	if numVolumes != 1 {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, errs.NewFieldInvalid("", pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource, "exactly 1 volume type is required"))
 	}