diff --git a/base/linux26/linux26.conf b/base/linux26/linux26.conf
index 5649e2574..2f7eaea83 100644
--- a/base/linux26/linux26.conf
+++ b/base/linux26/linux26.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../linux26/linux26.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ main_lx() {
 			ln -snf ../../../usr/src/linux-${lx_kernelrelease} \
 				$root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/$x
 		done
+
+		# if module versions is enabled we need to copy 'Module.symvers'
+		# to be able to build external 3rd party kernel modules without
+		# rebuilding the whole kernel using the linux26-src package
+		if grep -q "CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y" .config ; then
+			echo "Copying Module.symvers -> /lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/build/"
+			cp -v Module.symvers $root/lib/modules/${lx_kernelrelease}/build/
+		fi
 	fi
 
 }