diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/module.py
index b6528f119e9..333cd53a79d 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/cephadm/module.py
@@ -2364,6 +2364,7 @@ class CephadmOrchestrator(orchestrator.Orchestrator, MgrModule):
             'mds': self._create_mds,
             'rgw': self._create_rgw,
             'rbd-mirror': self._create_rbd_mirror,
+            'nfs': self._create_nfs,
             'grafana': self._create_grafana,
             'alertmanager': self._create_alertmanager,
             'prometheus': self._create_prometheus,
@@ -2433,6 +2434,8 @@ class CephadmOrchestrator(orchestrator.Orchestrator, MgrModule):
                     daemon_type, daemon_id, host))
                 if daemon_type == 'mon':
                     create_func(daemon_id, host, network)  # type: ignore
+                elif daemon_type == 'nfs':
+                    create_func(daemon_id, host, spec)  # type: ignore
                 else:
                     create_func(daemon_id, host)           # type: ignore
 
@@ -2668,6 +2671,7 @@ class CephadmOrchestrator(orchestrator.Orchestrator, MgrModule):
                 'mds': PlacementSpec(count=2),
                 'rgw': PlacementSpec(count=2),
                 'rbd-mirror': PlacementSpec(count=2),
+                'nfs': PlacementSpec(count=1),
                 'grafana': PlacementSpec(count=1),
                 'alertmanager': PlacementSpec(count=1),
                 'prometheus': PlacementSpec(count=1),
@@ -2800,6 +2804,10 @@ class CephadmOrchestrator(orchestrator.Orchestrator, MgrModule):
                                    keyring=keyring,
                                    cephadm_config=cephadm_config)
 
+    @trivial_completion
+    def apply_nfs(self, spec):
+        return self._apply(spec)
+
     def _generate_prometheus_config(self):
         # type: () -> Tuple[Dict[str, Any], List[str]]
         deps = []  # type: List[str]
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator/module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator/module.py
index 314bb53e0a2..c8c3c836942 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator/module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/orchestrator/module.py
@@ -785,13 +785,17 @@ Usage:
 
     @_cli_write_command(
         'orch apply nfs',
-        "name=svc_id,type=CephString "
+        'name=svc_id,type=CephString '
+        'name=pool,type=CephString '
+        'name=namespace,type=CephString,req=false '
         'name=placement,type=CephString,req=false '
         'name=unmanaged,type=CephBool,req=false',
         'Scale an NFS service')
-    def _apply_nfs(self, svc_id, placement=None, unmanaged=False):
+    def _apply_nfs(self, svc_id, pool, namespace=None, placement=None, unmanaged=False):
         spec = NFSServiceSpec(
             svc_id,
+            pool=pool,
+            namespace=namespace,
             placement=PlacementSpec.from_string(placement),
             unmanaged=unmanaged,
         )