diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b4ebc662a..be8e347de 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2164,4 +2164,5 @@
 * prepend the version to assets when sourcing to avoid cache hits on update
 * filemanger: list volumes of the app
 * Display upload size and size progress
+* nfs: chown the backups for hardlinks to work
 
diff --git a/src/storage/filesystem.js b/src/storage/filesystem.js
index d5b044721..0d62c9825 100644
--- a/src/storage/filesystem.js
+++ b/src/storage/filesystem.js
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ function upload(apiConfig, backupFilePath, sourceStream, callback) {
             const BACKUP_UID = parseInt(process.env.SUDO_UID, 10) || process.getuid();
 
             // sshfs and cifs handle ownership through the mount args
-            if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_FILESYSTEM && !safe.fs.chownSync(backupFilePath, BACKUP_UID, BACKUP_UID)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
-            if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_FILESYSTEM && !safe.fs.chownSync(path.dirname(backupFilePath), BACKUP_UID, BACKUP_UID)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
+            if (apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_FILESYSTEM || apiConfig.provider === PROVIDER_NFS) {
+                if (!safe.fs.chownSync(backupFilePath, BACKUP_UID, BACKUP_UID)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
+                if (!safe.fs.chownSync(path.dirname(backupFilePath), BACKUP_UID, BACKUP_UID)) return callback(new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to chown:' + safe.error.message));
+            }
 
             debug('upload %s: done.', backupFilePath);