diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d5a23b3..61f2a478 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.0.2
+	github.com/paultag/go-modprobe v0.0.0-20180523225901-7ccf6a1b5271
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
 	github.com/rancher/mapper v0.0.0-20190814232720-058a8b7feb99
 	github.com/rancher/wrangler v0.3.1 // indirect
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191122220453-ac88ee75c92c
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191127021746-63cb32ae39b2
 	gopkg.in/freddierice/go-losetup.v1 v1.0.0-20170407175016-fc9adea44124
+	pault.ag/go/topsort v0.0.0-20160530003732-f98d2ad46e1a // indirect
 )
 
 replace (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3e079d39..ffdd0e53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95 h1:+OLn68pqasWca0z5ry
 github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95/go.mod h1:9qAhocn7zKJG+0mI8eUu6xqkFDYS2kb2saOteoSB3cE=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0 h1:Ady6MKVezQwHBkGzLFbrsywyp09Ah7rkmfjV3Bcr5uc=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
+github.com/paultag/go-modprobe v0.0.0-20180523225901-7ccf6a1b5271 h1:e30yoZNGiwZszhX/zRYOOc56xHpsZFUC7CeBhcmmivM=
+github.com/paultag/go-modprobe v0.0.0-20180523225901-7ccf6a1b5271/go.mod h1:8kv7zKfUEDKENYA4Wk+cT1bxjXaEiuYisqjRZGGNI84=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:X/NO0urCmaxf9VXbdlT7C2Yzkj2IKimNn4k+gtPdI/k=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
@@ -399,6 +401,8 @@ modernc.org/golex v1.0.0/go.mod h1:b/QX9oBD/LhixY6NDh+IdGv17hgB+51fET1i2kPSmvk=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:wU0vUrJsVWBZ4P6e7xtFJEhFSNsfRLJ8H458uRjg03k=
 modernc.org/strutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lstksw84oURvj9y3tn8lGvRxyRC1S2+g5uuIzNfIOBs=
 modernc.org/xc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mRNCo0bvLjGhHO9WsyuKVU4q0ceiDDDoEeWDJHrNx8I=
+pault.ag/go/topsort v0.0.0-20160530003732-f98d2ad46e1a h1:WwS7vlB5H2AtwKj1jsGwp2ZLud1x6WXRXh2fXsRqrcA=
+pault.ag/go/topsort v0.0.0-20160530003732-f98d2ad46e1a/go.mod h1:INqx0ClF7kmPAMk2zVTX8DRnhZ/yaA/Mg52g8KFKE7k=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e/go.mod h1:wWxsB5ozmmv/SG7nM11ayaAW51xMvak/t1r0CSlcokI=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190817042607-6149e4549fca/go.mod h1:IIgPezJWb76P0hotTxzDbWsMYB8APh18qZnxkomBpxA=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0 h1:4A07+ZFc2wgJwo8YNlQpr1rVlgUDlxXHhPJciaPY5gs=
diff --git a/pkg/module/module.go b/pkg/module/module.go
index 3c974ead..c1b93cfa 100644
--- a/pkg/module/module.go
+++ b/pkg/module/module.go
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/paultag/go-modprobe"
 	"github.com/rancher/k3os/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -34,36 +33,10 @@ func LoadModules(cfg *config.CloudConfig) error {
 		}
 		params := strings.SplitN(m, " ", -1)
 		logrus.Debugf("module %s with parameters [%s] is loading", m, params)
-		if err := modprobe(params[0], params[1:]); err != nil {
+		if err := modprobe.Load(params[0], strings.Join(params[1:], " ")); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not load module %s with parameters [%s], err %v", m, params, err)
 		}
 		logrus.Debugf("module %s is loaded", m)
 	}
 	return sc.Err()
 }
-
-func modprobe(module string, params []string) error {
-	uname := unix.Utsname{}
-	if err := unix.Uname(&uname); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to determine uname, err %v", err)
-	}
-	i := 0
-	for ; uname.Release[i] != 0; i++ {
-	}
-	pth := fmt.Sprintf("/lib/modules/%s/**/%s.ko", uname.Release[:i], module)
-	files, err := filepath.Glob(pth)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to search for module, err %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(files) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("module not found")
-	}
-	file, err := os.Open(files[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not open module file %s, err %v", files[0], err)
-	}
-	if err := unix.FinitModule(int(file.Fd()), strings.Join(params, " "), 0); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load module, err %v", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}