diff --git a/core/busybox/checksums b/core/busybox/checksums
index deb1348e0..d805100ba 100644
--- a/core/busybox/checksums
+++ b/core/busybox/checksums
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 d0f940a72f648943c1f2211e0e3117387c31d765137d92bd8284a3fb9752a998  busybox-1.31.1.tar.bz2
 09c2f601fec4e5c10664c22f787dafb9424efe219bf826727c356da90dfd60d5  adduser-no-setgid.patch
 8d84b1719dca2a751c09072c20cd782a3c47f119a68d35316f89d851daf67b88  fsck-resolve-uuid.patch
+0f54301a73af461e8066bc805b48d991cfed513d08a2f036e015b19f97cb424a  modprobe-kernel-version.patch
 bb5c0067607c1af43248203d1e5d47b77c996a1466f2b4fc367639e18d490f05  .config
 b4479adaabffb1fe9af7db676929e8f5f6bbc47869c5309a19056aa66196fbce  .config-suid
 76978b2b69361d47b3bb314a8a320ca274b2af7339c571be1a19f0e1d8c4da6a  acpid.run
diff --git a/core/busybox/patches/modprobe-kernel-version.patch b/core/busybox/patches/modprobe-kernel-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d4274ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/busybox/patches/modprobe-kernel-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
+index 0a372a049..ecb29a8fd 100644
+--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
++++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
+@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
+ //usage:       "   from the command line\n"
+ //usage:
+ //usage:#define modprobe_trivial_usage
+-//usage:	"[-alrqvsD" IF_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST("b") "]"
++//usage:	"[-alrqvsD" IF_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST("b") "]" " [-S VERSION]"
+ //usage:	" MODULE" IF_FEATURE_CMDLINE_MODULE_OPTIONS(" [SYMBOL=VALUE]...")
+ //usage:#define modprobe_full_usage "\n\n"
+ //usage:       "	-a	Load multiple MODULEs"
+@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
+ //usage:     "\n	-v	Verbose"
+ //usage:     "\n	-s	Log to syslog"
+ //usage:     "\n	-D	Show dependencies"
++//usage:     "\n	-S	Set kernel version"
+ //usage:	IF_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST(
+ //usage:     "\n	-b	Apply blacklist to module names too"
+ //usage:	)
+@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
+  * Note2: -b is always accepted, but if !FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST,
+  * it is a no-op.
+  */
+-#define MODPROBE_OPTS  "alrDb"
++#define MODPROBE_OPTS  "alrDS:b"
+ /* -a and -D _are_ in fact compatible */
+ #define MODPROBE_COMPLEMENTARY "q-v:v-q:l--arD:r--alD:a--lr:D--rl"
+ //#define MODPROBE_OPTS  "acd:lnrt:C:b"
+@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ enum {
+ 	//OPT_VERONLY    = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << x), /* V */
+ 	//OPT_CONFIGFILE = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << x), /* C */
+ 	OPT_SHOW_DEPS    = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << 3), /* D */
+-	OPT_BLACKLIST    = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << 4) * ENABLE_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST,
++	OPT_KERNEL       = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << 4), /* S */
++	OPT_BLACKLIST    = (INSMOD_OPT_UNUSED << 5) * ENABLE_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST,
+ };
+ #if ENABLE_LONG_OPTS
+ static const char modprobe_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
+@@ -560,6 +562,7 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+ int modprobe_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+ {
+ 	int rc;
++	char *kernel;
+ 	unsigned opt;
+ 	struct module_entry *me;
+ 
+@@ -567,13 +570,20 @@ int modprobe_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+ 
+ 	opt = getopt32long(argv, "^" INSMOD_OPTS MODPROBE_OPTS "\0" MODPROBE_COMPLEMENTARY,
+ 			modprobe_longopts
+-			INSMOD_ARGS
++			INSMOD_ARGS,
++			&kernel
+ 	);
+ 	argv += optind;
+ 
++	/* Set user specified kernel version */
++	if (opt & OPT_KERNEL) {
++	    safe_strncpy(G.uts.release, kernel, sizeof(G.uts.release));
++	} else {
++	    uname(&G.uts);
++	}
++
+ 	/* Goto modules location */
+ 	xchdir(CONFIG_DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR);
+-	uname(&G.uts);
+ 	xchdir(G.uts.release);
+ 
+ 	if (opt & OPT_LIST_ONLY) {
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/busybox/sources b/core/busybox/sources
index bacbcd112..a6db30cde 100644
--- a/core/busybox/sources
+++ b/core/busybox/sources
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.31.1.tar.bz2
 patches/adduser-no-setgid.patch
 patches/fsck-resolve-uuid.patch
+patches/modprobe-kernel-version.patch
 files/.config
 files/.config-suid
 files/acpid.run