diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
index 88110bfd6480..57b9544e807b 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .Nd mount nfs file systems
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl 23NPTUbcdils
+.Op Fl 23NPTUbcdiLls
 .Op Fl D Ar deadthresh
 .Op Fl I Ar readdirsize
 .Op Fl R Ar retrycnt
@@ -109,6 +109,21 @@ message is displayed.
 Set the readdir read size to the specified value.
 The value should normally
 be a multiple of DIRBLKSIZ that is <= the read size for the mount.
+.It Fl L
+Do
+.Em not
+forward
+.Xr fcntl 2
+locks over the wire.
+All locks will be local and not seen by the server
+and likewise not seen by other NFS clients.  This removes
+the need to run the
+.Xr rpcbind 8
+service and the 
+.Xr rpc.statd 8
+and
+.Xr rpc.lockd 8
+servers on the client.
 .It Fl N
 Do
 .Em not
@@ -226,6 +241,9 @@ Same as
 .It intr
 Same as
 .Fl i .
+.It lockd
+Same as not specifying
+.Fl L .
 .It nfsv2
 Same as
 .Fl 2 .
diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
index 778bdd963cd3..8889d07f00fc 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #define ALTF_ACREGMAX	0x10000
 #define ALTF_ACDIRMIN	0x20000
 #define ALTF_ACDIRMAX	0x40000
+#define ALTF_NOLOCKD	0x80000
 
 struct mntopt mopts[] = {
 	MOPT_STDOPTS,
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ struct mntopt mopts[] = {
 	{ "acregmax=", 0, ALTF_ACREGMAX, 1 },
 	{ "acdirmin=", 0, ALTF_ACDIRMIN, 1 },
 	{ "acdirmax=", 0, ALTF_ACDIRMAX, 1 },
+	{ "lockd", 1, ALTF_NOLOCKD, 1 },
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
@@ -228,6 +230,7 @@ set_flags(int* altflags, int* nfsflags, int dir)
 	F(RDIRPLUS);
 	F(RESVPORT);
 	F(SOFT);
+	F(NOLOCKD);
 
 #undef F
 #undef F2
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	nfsargs = nfsdefargs;
 	nfsargsp = &nfsargs;
 	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv,
-	    "23a:bcdD:g:I:il:No:PpR:r:sTt:w:x:U")) != -1)
+	    "23a:bcdD:g:I:iLl:No:PpR:r:sTt:w:x:U")) != -1)
 		switch (c) {
 		case '2':
 			mountmode = V2;
@@ -303,6 +306,9 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		case 'i':
 			nfsargsp->flags |= NFSMNT_INT;
 			break;
+		case 'L':
+			nfsargsp->flags |= NFSMNT_NOLOCKD;
+			break;
 		case 'l':
 			nfsargsp->flags |= NFSMNT_RDIRPLUS;
 			break;
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
index e80adad331d5..f49d56a15240 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -763,12 +763,12 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp, char *path, caddr_t data, struct nameidata *ndp,
 			return (EIO);
 		/*
 		 * When doing an update, we can't change from or to
-		 * v3, or change cookie translation
+		 * v3, switch lockd strategies or change cookie translation
 		 */
 		args.flags = (args.flags &
-		    ~(NFSMNT_NFSV3 /*|NFSMNT_XLATECOOKIE*/)) |
+		    ~(NFSMNT_NFSV3 | NFSMNT_NOLOCKD /*|NFSMNT_XLATECOOKIE*/)) |
 		    (nmp->nm_flag &
-			(NFSMNT_NFSV3 /*|NFSMNT_XLATECOOKIE*/));
+			(NFSMNT_NFSV3 | NFSMNT_NOLOCKD /*|NFSMNT_XLATECOOKIE*/));
 		nfs_decode_args(nmp, &args);
 		return (0);
 	}
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
index fdb0fca80390..ae81f0f9a210 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
@@ -2838,6 +2838,11 @@ static int
 nfs_advlock(struct vop_advlock_args *ap)
 {
 
+	if ((VFSTONFS(ap->a_vp->v_mount)->nm_flag & NFSMNT_NOLOCKD) != 0) {
+		struct nfsnode *np = VTONFS(ap->a_vp);
+
+		return (lf_advlock(ap, &(np->n_lockf), np->n_size));
+	}
 	return (nfs_dolock(ap));
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfsargs.h b/sys/nfsclient/nfsargs.h
index d53e4e090270..7f4c636cb610 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfsargs.h
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfsargs.h
@@ -94,5 +94,6 @@ struct nfs_args {
 #define	NFSMNT_ACREGMAX		0x00080000
 #define	NFSMNT_ACDIRMIN		0x00100000
 #define	NFSMNT_ACDIRMAX		0x00200000
+#define	NFSMNT_NOLOCKD		0x00400000 /* Locks are local */
 
 #endif