diff -Naur kmod-7-orig/libkmod/libkmod.c kmod-7/libkmod/libkmod.c
--- kmod-7-orig/libkmod/libkmod.c	2012-03-15 08:19:16.750010226 -0400
+++ kmod-7/libkmod/libkmod.c	2012-04-04 15:21:29.532074313 -0400
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 static char *get_kernel_release(const char *dirname)
 {
 	struct utsname u;
-	char *p;
+	char *p, *dirname_prefix;
 
 	if (dirname != NULL)
 		return path_make_absolute_cwd(dirname);
@@ -208,7 +208,10 @@
 	if (uname(&u) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (asprintf(&p, "%s/%s", dirname_default_prefix, u.release) < 0)
+	if ((dirname_prefix = getenv("MODULE_DIR")) == NULL)
+		dirname_prefix = dirname_default_prefix;
+
+	if (asprintf(&p, "%s/%s", dirname_prefix, u.release) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return p;
