diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c181ff..d760e9f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL+=mandb
 HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL+=systemd-tmpfiles
 HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL+=gconf-install-schemas
 HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL+=info-dir
+HELPER_HOOKS_SHELL+=kernel-modules
 
 MANPAGES+=bee.1
 MANPAGES+=bee-check.1
diff --git a/hooks/kernel-modules.sh b/hooks/kernel-modules.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..65e1f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/kernel-modules.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+action=${1}
+pkg=${2}
+content=${3}
+: ${content:=${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/CONTENT}
+
+if [ -z ${BEE_VERSION} ] ; then
+    echo >&2 "BEE-ERROR: cannot call $0 from the outside of bee .."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+: ${DEPMOD:=depmod}
+
+if [ ! type -p ${DEPMOD} >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! -r "${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/META" ] ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+. ${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/META
+
+if [ ! "${BEEMETAFORMAT:=0}" -ge 2 ] ; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+case "${action}" in
+    "post-install"|"post-remove")
+        for ver in  $(grep -Po  ':file=/lib/modules/\K([^/]+)(?=/)' ${content}|sort -u) ; do
+            echo "$DEPMOD $ver"
+            test -e /lib/modules/$ver/modules.builtin && $DEPMOD $ver
+        done
+        ;;
+esac