diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index ff19013d1..a98e400e9 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -1021,6 +1021,24 @@ $(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS): $(OTA_PUBLIC_KEYS) $(DUMPKEY_JAR) $(extra_keys)
 	java -jar $(DUMPKEY_JAR) $(PRIVATE_OTA_PUBLIC_KEYS) $(extra_keys) > $@
 
 RECOVERYIMAGE_ID_FILE := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/recovery.id
+
+# $(1): modules list
+# $(2): output dir
+# $(3): mount point
+# $(4): staging dir
+# Depmod requires a well-formed kernel version so 0.0 is used as a placeholder.
+define build-image-kernel-modules
+    $(hide) rm -rf $(2)/lib/modules
+    $(hide) mkdir -p $(2)/lib/modules
+    $(hide) cp $(1) $(2)/lib/modules/
+    $(hide) rm -rf $(4)
+    $(hide) mkdir -p $(4)/lib/modules/0.0/$(3)lib/modules
+    $(hide) cp $(1) $(4)/lib/modules/0.0/$(3)lib/modules
+    $(hide) $(DEPMOD) -b $(4) 0.0
+    $(hide) sed -e 's/\(.*modules.*\):/\/\1:/g' -e 's/: \(.*modules.*\)/: \/\1/g' -i $(4)/lib/modules/0.0/modules.dep
+    $(hide) cp $(4)/lib/modules/0.0/modules.dep $(2)/lib/modules
+endef
+
 # $(1): output file
 define build-recoveryimage-target
   @echo ----- Making recovery image ------
@@ -1029,6 +1047,8 @@ define build-recoveryimage-target
   @echo Copying baseline ramdisk...
   $(hide) rsync -a --exclude=etc --exclude=sdcard $(IGNORE_CACHE_LINK) $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_OUT) # "cp -Rf" fails to overwrite broken symlinks on Mac.
   @echo Modifying ramdisk contents...
+  $(if $(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES), \
+    $(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT),,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_recovery)))
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/init*.rc
   $(hide) cp -f $(recovery_initrc) $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/
   $(hide) rm -f $(TARGET_RECOVERY_ROOT_OUT)/sepolicy
@@ -1090,7 +1110,9 @@ $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 		$(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET) \
 		$(recovery_build_prop) $(recovery_resource_deps) \
 		$(recovery_fstab) \
-		$(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS)
+		$(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS) \
+		$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES) \
+		$(DEPMOD)
 		$(call pretty,"Target boot image from recovery: $@")
 		$(call build-recoveryimage-target, $@)
 endif
@@ -1103,7 +1125,9 @@ $(INSTALLED_RECOVERYIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTFS) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(MINIGZIP) \
 		$(INSTALLED_2NDBOOTLOADER_TARGET) \
 		$(recovery_build_prop) $(recovery_resource_deps) \
 		$(recovery_fstab) \
-		$(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS)
+		$(RECOVERY_INSTALL_OTA_KEYS) \
+		$(BOARD_RECOVERY_KERNEL_MODULES) \
+		$(DEPMOD)
 		$(call build-recoveryimage-target, $@)
 
 ifdef RECOVERY_RESOURCE_ZIP
@@ -1659,12 +1683,13 @@ $(INSTALLED_FILES_FILE_VENDOR) : $(INTERNAL_VENDORIMAGE_FILES)
 vendorimage_intermediates := \
     $(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,vendor)
 BUILT_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/vendor.img
-
 define build-vendorimage-target
   $(call pretty,"Target vendor fs image: $(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET)")
   @mkdir -p $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR)
   @mkdir -p $(vendorimage_intermediates) && rm -rf $(vendorimage_intermediates)/vendor_image_info.txt
   $(call generate-userimage-prop-dictionary, $(vendorimage_intermediates)/vendor_image_info.txt, skip_fsck=true)
+  $(if $(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES), \
+    $(call build-image-kernel-modules,$(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES),$(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR),vendor/,$(call intermediates-dir-for,PACKAGING,depmod_vendor)))
   $(hide) PATH=$(foreach p,$(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_BINARY_PATHS),$(p):)$$PATH \
       ./build/tools/releasetools/build_image.py \
       $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR) $(vendorimage_intermediates)/vendor_image_info.txt $(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET) $(TARGET_OUT)
@@ -1673,11 +1698,11 @@ endef
 
 # We just build this directly to the install location.
 INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET := $(BUILT_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET)
-$(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET): $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS) $(INTERNAL_VENDORIMAGE_FILES) $(INSTALLED_FILES_FILE_VENDOR) $(BUILD_IMAGE_SRCS)
+$(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET): $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS) $(INTERNAL_VENDORIMAGE_FILES) $(INSTALLED_FILES_FILE_VENDOR) $(BUILD_IMAGE_SRCS) $(DEPMOD) $(BOARD_VENDOR_KERNEL_MODULES)
 	$(build-vendorimage-target)
 
 .PHONY: vendorimage-nodeps
-vendorimage-nodeps: | $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS)
+vendorimage-nodeps: | $(INTERNAL_USERIMAGES_DEPS) $(DEPMOD)
 	$(build-vendorimage-target)
 
 else ifdef BOARD_PREBUILT_VENDORIMAGE
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index f176a7d8c..7709d3c6f 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ SIGNAPK_JAR := $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/signapk$(COMMON_JAVA_PACKAGE_SUFFIX)
 SIGNAPK_JNI_LIBRARY_PATH := $(HOST_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)
 LLVM_RS_CC := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/llvm-rs-cc
 BCC_COMPAT := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/bcc_compat
+DEPMOD := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/depmod
 
 DX := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/dx
 MAINDEXCLASSES := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/mainDexClasses