1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 3861dd1e3..fe399acfc 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep(void)
 
         /* Only 2.6 has a modules.alias file */
         if (ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES) {
-                /* Parse kernel-declared aliases */
+                /* Parse kernel-declared module aliases */
                 filename = xasprintf("/lib/modules/%s/modules.alias", un.release);
                 fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
                 if (fd < 0) {
@@ -518,6 +518,21 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep(void)
                         include_conf(&first, &current, buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd);
                         close(fd);
                 }
+
+                /* Parse kernel-declared symbol aliases */
+                filename = xasprintf("/lib/modules/%s/modules.symbols", un.release);
+                fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+                if (fd < 0) {
+                        /* Ok, that didn't work.  Fall back to looking in /lib/modules */
+                        fd = open("/lib/modules/modules.symbols", O_RDONLY);
+                }
+                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
+                        free(filename);
+
+                if (fd >= 0) {
+                        include_conf(&first, &current, buffer, sizeof(buffer), fd);
+                        close(fd);
+                }
         }
 
         return first;