diff --git a/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go b/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
index e7e3a3c6ac..34275c763e 100644
--- a/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ func (r *OCSInitializationReconciler) ensureOcsOperatorConfigExists(initialData
 		clusterNameKey              = "CSI_CLUSTER_NAME"
 		enableReadAffinityKey       = "CSI_ENABLE_READ_AFFINITY"
 		cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey = "CSI_CEPHFS_KERNEL_MOUNT_OPTIONS"
+		enableNFSKey                = "ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS"
 	)
 	ocsOperatorConfig := &corev1.ConfigMap{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ func (r *OCSInitializationReconciler) ensureOcsOperatorConfigExists(initialData
 			clusterNameKey:              "",
 			enableReadAffinityKey:       "true",
 			cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey: "ms_mode=prefer-crc",
+			enableNFSKey:                "false",
 		},
 	}
 	err := r.Client.Create(r.ctx, ocsOperatorConfig)
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/ocs_operator_config.go b/controllers/storagecluster/ocs_operator_config.go
index 51ca3c112c..4046c5ed7a 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/ocs_operator_config.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/ocs_operator_config.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) ensureOCSOperatorConfig(sc *ocsv1.StorageClus
 		clusterNameKey              = "CSI_CLUSTER_NAME"
 		enableReadAffinityKey       = "CSI_ENABLE_READ_AFFINITY"
 		cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey = "CSI_CEPHFS_KERNEL_MOUNT_OPTIONS"
+		enableNFSKey                = "ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS"
 	)
 	var (
 		clusterNameVal             = r.getClusterID()
 		enableReadAffinityVal      = strconv.FormatBool(!sc.Spec.ExternalStorage.Enable)
 		cephFSKernelMountOptionVal = getCephFSKernelMountOptions(sc)
+		enableNFSVal               = getEnableNFSVal(sc)
 	)
 
 	cm := &corev1.ConfigMap{
@@ -35,8 +37,10 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) ensureOCSOperatorConfig(sc *ocsv1.StorageClus
 			Namespace: sc.Namespace,
 		},
 		Data: map[string]string{
-			clusterNameKey:        clusterNameVal,
-			enableReadAffinityKey: enableReadAffinityVal,
+			clusterNameKey:              clusterNameVal,
+			enableReadAffinityKey:       enableReadAffinityVal,
+			cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey: cephFSKernelMountOptionVal,
+			enableNFSKey:                enableNFSVal,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -58,6 +62,9 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) ensureOCSOperatorConfig(sc *ocsv1.StorageClus
 		if cm.Data[cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey] != cephFSKernelMountOptionVal {
 			cm.Data[cephFSKernelMountOptionsKey] = cephFSKernelMountOptionVal
 		}
+		if cm.Data[enableNFSKey] != enableNFSVal {
+			cm.Data[enableNFSKey] = enableNFSVal
+		}
 		return ctrl.SetControllerReference(sc, cm, r.Scheme)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -128,3 +135,11 @@ func getCephFSKernelMountOptions(sc *ocsv1.StorageCluster) string {
 	// so we need to set the mount options to prefer-crc
 	return "ms_mode=prefer-crc"
 }
+
+// getEnableNFSVal returns the value of enableNFS based on the spec on the StorageCluster
+func getEnableNFSVal(sc *ocsv1.StorageCluster) string {
+	if sc.Spec.NFS != nil && sc.Spec.NFS.Enable {
+		return "true"
+	}
+	return "false"
+}
diff --git a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 3aa83a62be..a16dadd3b3 100644
--- a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -3004,6 +3004,11 @@ spec:
                     configMapKeyRef:
                       key: CSI_CEPHFS_KERNEL_MOUNT_OPTIONS
                       name: ocs-operator-config
+                - name: ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS
+                  valueFrom:
+                    configMapKeyRef:
+                      key: ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS
+                      name: ocs-operator-config
                 - name: CSI_PROVISIONER_TOLERATIONS
                   value: |2-
 
diff --git a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
index 1618d3275b..29cfe896d8 100644
--- a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
+++ b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
@@ -270,6 +270,17 @@ func unmarshalCSV(filePath string) *csvv1.ClusterServiceVersion {
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Name: "ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS",
+				ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
+					ConfigMapKeyRef: &corev1.ConfigMapKeySelector{
+						LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{
+							Name: "ocs-operator-config",
+						},
+						Key: "ROOK_CSI_ENABLE_NFS",
+					},
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				Name: "CSI_PROVISIONER_TOLERATIONS",
 				Value: `