diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index 81dd4eee..2594c7b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM rancher/os-dapper-base
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install locales sudo vim less curl wget git rsync build-essential isolinux xorriso gccgo \
-        libblkid-dev libmount-dev libselinux1-dev cpio genisoimage qemu-kvm qemu python-pip ca-certificates pkg-config tox
+        libblkid-dev libmount-dev libselinux1-dev cpio genisoimage qemu-kvm qemu python-pip ca-certificates pkg-config tox module-init-tools
 
 ARG HOST_ARCH
 ENV HOST_ARCH ${HOST_ARCH}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 48fef23b..6c3edf74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ assets/selinux/policy.29:
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	curl -L "$(SELINUX_POLICY_URL)" > $@
 
+assets/modules.tar.gz:
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	curl -L "$(VBOX_MODULES_URL)" > $@
+
 ifdef COMPILED_KERNEL_URL
 
 installer: minimal
@@ -45,9 +49,10 @@ build/kernel/:
 	curl -L "$(COMPILED_KERNEL_URL)" | tar -xzf - -C $@
 
 
-dist/artifacts/initrd: bin/ros assets/docker assets/selinux/policy.29 build/kernel/ build/images.tar
+dist/artifacts/initrd: bin/ros assets/docker assets/selinux/policy.29 build/kernel/ build/images.tar assets/modules.tar.gz
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	SUFFIX=$(SUFFIX) DFS_IMAGE=$(DFS_IMAGE) DEV_BUILD=$(DEV_BUILD) ./scripts/mk-initrd.sh $@
+	SUFFIX=$(SUFFIX) DFS_IMAGE=$(DFS_IMAGE) DEV_BUILD=$(DEV_BUILD) \
+	       KERNEL_RELEASE=$(KERNEL_RELEASE) ARCH=$(ARCH) ./scripts/mk-initrd.sh $@
 
 
 dist/artifacts/rancheros.iso: minimal
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ build/images.tar: build/host_ros build/os-config.yml
 	ARCH=$(ARCH) FORCE_PULL=$(FORCE_PULL) ./scripts/mk-images-tar.sh
 
 
-dist/artifacts/rootfs.tar.gz: bin/ros assets/docker build/images.tar assets/selinux/policy.29
+dist/artifacts/rootfs.tar.gz: bin/ros assets/docker build/images.tar assets/selinux/policy.29 assets/modules.tar.gz
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	SUFFIX=$(SUFFIX) DFS_IMAGE=$(DFS_IMAGE) DEV_BUILD=$(DEV_BUILD) IS_ROOTFS=1 ./scripts/mk-initrd.sh $@
 
diff --git a/build.conf.amd64 b/build.conf.amd64
index 2c5c0fe8..25412ec2 100644
--- a/build.conf.amd64
+++ b/build.conf.amd64
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ TOOLCHAIN= #empty
 COMPILED_KERNEL_URL=https://github.com/rancher/os-kernel/releases/download/Ubuntu-4.2.0-28.33-rancher/linux-4.2.8-ckt3-rancher-x86.tar.gz
 DOCKER_BINARY_URL=https://get.docker.com/builds/Linux/x86_64/docker-1.10.3
 OS_RELEASES_YML=https://releases.rancher.com/os/releases.yml
+VBOX_MODULES_URL=https://github.com/rancher/os-vbox/releases/download/v0.0.2/vbox-modules.tar.gz
diff --git a/scripts/mk-initrd.sh b/scripts/mk-initrd.sh
index 4f847251..9dbfb267 100755
--- a/scripts/mk-initrd.sh
+++ b/scripts/mk-initrd.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ cp assets/selinux/seusers           ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/etc/selinux/ros/
 cp assets/selinux/lxc_contexts      ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/etc/selinux/ros/contexts/
 cp assets/selinux/failsafe_context  ${INITRD_DIR}/usr/etc/selinux/ros/contexts/
 
+if [ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]; then
+  KERNEL_RELEASE=$(tar xvf assets/modules.tar.gz -C ${INITRD_DIR} | cut -f4 -d/ | cut -f1 -d ' ')
+  depmod -a -b ${INITRD_DIR}/usr $KERNEL_RELEASE
+fi
+
 DFS_ARCH=$(docker create ${DFS_IMAGE}${SUFFIX})
 trap "docker rm -fv ${DFS_ARCH}" EXIT