diff --git nodeformcols.module nodeformcols.module
index a215f37..a79d7dd 100644
--- nodeformcols.module
+++ nodeformcols.module
@@ -234,3 +234,14 @@ function nodeformcols_node_type($op, $info) {
       break;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_features_pipe_alter() for node component.
+ */
+function nodeformcols_features_pipe_node_alter(&$pipe, $data, &$export, $module_name) {
+  if (!empty($data) && module_exists('strongarm')) {
+    foreach ($data as $node_type) {
+      $pipe['variable'][] = 'nodeformscols_field_placements_'. $node_type .'_default';
+    }
+  }
+}