diff --git a/init.d/Makefile b/init.d/Makefile
index a1d2ec7e..8eb62e48 100644
--- a/init.d/Makefile
+++ b/init.d/Makefile
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ SRCS-FreeBSD=	hostid.in modules.in moused.in newsyslog.in pf.in rarpd.in \
 		rc-enabled.in rpcbind.in savecore.in syslogd.in
 # These are FreeBSD specific
 SRCS-FreeBSD+=	adjkerntz.in devd.in dumpon.in encswap.in ipfw.in \
-		mixer.in nscd.in powerd.in syscons.in
+		modules.in modules-load.in mixer.in nscd.in powerd.in syscons.in
 
 SRCS-Linux=	binfmt.in devfs.in dmesg.in hwclock.in consolefont.in keymaps.in \
-		killprocs.in modules.in mount-ro.in mtab.in numlock.in \
+		killprocs.in modules.in modules-load.in mount-ro.in mtab.in numlock.in \
 		procfs.in net-online.in sysfs.in termencoding.in tmpfiles.dev.in
 
 # Generic BSD scripts
diff --git a/init.d/modules-load.in b/init.d/modules-load.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c19a36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.d/modules-load.in
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!@SBINDIR@/openrc-run
+# Copyright (c) 2016 The OpenRC Authors.
+# See the Authors file at the top-level directory of this distribution and
+# https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/AUTHORS
+#
+# This file is part of OpenRC. It is subject to the license terms in
+# the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this
+# distribution and at https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/LICENSE
+# This file may not be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed
+# except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file.
+
+description="Loads a list of modules from systemd-compatible locations."
+
+depend()
+{
+	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
+}
+
+modules_dirs="/usr/lib/modules-load.d /run/modules-load.d /etc/modules-load.d"
+
+find_modfiles()
+{
+	local basenames files x y
+	for x in $modules_dirs; do
+		[ ! -d $x ] && continue
+		for y in $x/*.conf; do
+			[ -f $y ] && basenames="${basenames}\n${y##*/}"
+		done
+	done
+	basenames=$(printf "$basenames" | sort -u)
+	for x in $basenames; do
+		for y in $modules_dirs; do
+			[ -r $y/$x ] &&
+				path=$y/$x
+		done
+		files="$files $path"
+	done
+	echo $files
+}
+
+load_modules()
+{
+	local file m modules rc x
+	file=$1
+	[ -z "$file" ] && return 0
+	while read m x; do
+		case $m in
+			\;) continue ;;
+			\#) continue ;;
+			*) modules="$modules $m"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done < $file
+	for x in $modules; do
+		ebegin "Loading module $x"
+		case "$RC_UNAME" in
+			FreeBSD) kldload "$x"; rc=$? ;;
+			linux) modprobe -q "$x"; rc=$? ;;
+			*) ;;
+		esac
+		eend $rc "Failed to load $x"
+	done
+}
+
+start()
+{
+	local x
+	files=$(find_modfiles)
+	for x in $files; do
+		load_modules $x
+	done
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/init.d/modules.in b/init.d/modules.in
index 5bfae6d9..2568f732 100644
--- a/init.d/modules.in
+++ b/init.d/modules.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ description="Loads a user defined list of kernel modules."
 depend()
 {
 	use isapnp
+	want modules-load
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }