diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/files/debian/rules.tmpl b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/files/debian/rules.tmpl
index d3bd7dc30f21..abd3c88fac7e 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/files/debian/rules.tmpl
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/files/debian/rules.tmpl
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(PWD)/debian/${PN} modules_install
+	install -D -m 0644 $(PWD)/debian/${PN}.conf $(PWD)/debian/${PN}/usr/lib/depmod.d/${PN}.conf
 
 %:
 	CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= dh $@ --parallel
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/module.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/module.inc
index b20ec32ae20a..475e7aef05ea 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/module.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-module/module.inc
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ TEMPLATE_FILES = "debian/control.tmpl \
                   debian/rules.tmpl"
 TEMPLATE_VARS += "KERNEL_NAME KERNEL_TYPE KERNEL_IMAGE_PKG KERNEL_HEADERS_PKG DEBIAN_BUILD_DEPENDS PN"
 
+INSTALL_MOD_DIR ?= "extra"
+
 do_prepare_build() {
     cp -r ${WORKDIR}/debian ${S}/
 
+    echo "search ${INSTALL_MOD_DIR} built-in" > ${S}/debian/${PN}.conf
     for module in ${AUTOLOAD}; do
         echo "echo $module >> /etc/modules" >> ${S}/debian/postinst
     done