diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b64d5d8a..f7849093 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ OpenRC NEWS
 This file will contain a list of notable changes for each release. Note
 the information in this file is in reverse order.
 
+## OpenRC 0.36
+
+In this release, the modules-load service has been combined into the
+modules service since there is no reason I know of to keep them
+separate. However, modules also provides modules-load in case you were
+using modules-load in  your dependencies.
+
 ## OpenRC 0.35
 
 In this version, the cgroups mounting logic has been moved from the
diff --git a/init.d/Makefile b/init.d/Makefile
index 9c97e1ed..e18f7a9f 100644
--- a/init.d/Makefile
+++ b/init.d/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ 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 \
-		modules-load.in mixer.in nscd.in powerd.in syscons.in
+		mixer.in nscd.in powerd.in syscons.in
 
 SRCS-Linux=	agetty.in binfmt.in devfs.in cgroups.in dmesg.in hwclock.in \
-	consolefont.in keymaps.in killprocs.in modules.in modules-load.in \
+	consolefont.in keymaps.in killprocs.in modules.in \
 	mount-ro.in mtab.in numlock.in procfs.in net-online.in sysfs.in \
 termencoding.in
 
diff --git a/init.d/modules-load.in b/init.d/modules-load.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f71f704d..00000000
--- a/init.d/modules-load.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!@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
-}
-
-find_modfiles()
-{
-	local dirs="/usr/lib/modules-load.d /run/modules-load.d /etc/modules-load.d"
-	local basenames files fn x y
-	for x in $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 $dirs; do
-			[ -r $y/$x ] &&
-				fn=$y/$x
-		done
-		files="$files $fn"
-	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 --use-blacklist -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 2eab77f0..d6dd7a29 100644
--- a/init.d/modules.in
+++ b/init.d/modules.in
@@ -14,10 +14,65 @@ description="Loads a user defined list of kernel modules."
 depend()
 {
 	use isapnp
-	want modules-load
+	provide modules-load
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
 
+find_modfiles()
+{
+	local dirs="/usr/lib/modules-load.d /run/modules-load.d /etc/modules-load.d"
+	local basenames files fn x y
+	for x in $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 $dirs; do
+			[ -r $y/$x ] &&
+				fn=$y/$x
+		done
+		files="$files $fn"
+	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 --use-blacklist -q "$x"; rc=$? ;;
+			*) ;;
+		esac
+		eend $rc "Failed to load $x"
+	done
+}
+
+modules_load_d()
+{
+	local x
+	files=$(find_modfiles)
+	for x in $files; do
+		load_modules $x
+	done
+	return 0
+}
+
 FreeBSD_modules()
 {
 	local cnt=0 x
@@ -82,7 +137,10 @@ Linux_modules()
 start()
 {
 	case "$RC_UNAME" in
-		FreeBSD|Linux) ${RC_UNAME}_modules ;;
+		FreeBSD|Linux) 
+			modules_load_d
+			${RC_UNAME}_modules
+			;;
 		*) ;;
 	esac
 	return 0