1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 13f17b869..b4bff5100 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -128,8 +128,13 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
         strcat ( filename, un.release );
         strcat ( filename, "/modules.dep" );
 
-        if (( fd = open ( filename, O_RDONLY )) < 0 )
-                return 0;
+        if (( fd = open ( filename, O_RDONLY )) < 0 ) {
+
+                /* Ok, that didn't work.  Fall back to looking in /lib/modules */
+                if (( fd = open ( "/lib/modules/modules.dep", O_RDONLY )) < 0 ) {
+                        return 0;
+                }
+        }
 
         while ( reads ( fd, buffer, sizeof( buffer ))) {
                 int l = bb_strlen ( buffer );