diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/nfs.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/nfs.rb
index e9e0b9be64a..26e7ade3deb 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/cap/nfs.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/cap/nfs.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def self.nfs_client_install(machine)
           comm = machine.communicate
           comm.sudo <<-EOH.gsub(/^ {12}/, '')
             apt-get -yqq update
-            apt-get -yqq install nfs-common portmap
+            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -yqq install nfs-common portmap
             exit $?
           EOH
         end