diff --git a/package/base/module-init-tools/postinstall.sh b/package/base/module-init-tools/postinstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1a01109a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/module-init-tools/postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module_suffix="\.ko"
+
+all_touched "lib/modules/.*$module_suffix" | cut -f4 -d"/" | sort -u |
+while read kernel_version ; do
+	echo "Kernel modules: running depmod -ae $kernel_version ..."
+	depmod -ae "$kernel_version"
+done
diff --git a/package/base/modutils/postinstall.sh b/package/base/modutils/postinstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a618314a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/modutils/postinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module_suffix="\.o"
+
+all_touched "lib/modules/.*$module_suffix" | cut -f4 -d"/" | sort -u |
+while read kernel_version ; do
+	echo "Kernel modules: running depmod -ae $kernel_version ..."
+	depmod -ae "$kernel_version"
+done