diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9baf1ef56..94008ade2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.25-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * topconfig disable PATA_SIS as sis5513 enabled. (closes: #475525)
   * [xen]: Support direct load of bzImage under Xen. (closes: #474509)
     Thanks Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> for patches.
+  * [xen]: Module autoprobing support for frontend drivers.
 
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * [arm/armel] Add a kernel for Orion based devices, such as the QNAP
diff --git a/debian/patches/features/all/xen-module-autoloading.patch b/debian/patches/features/all/xen-module-autoloading.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed22ad904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/features/all/xen-module-autoloading.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:54:05 +0000 (-0700)
+Subject: xen: Module autoprobing support for frontend drivers
+X-Git-Url: http://git.eu.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fx86%2Flinux-2.6-x86.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=78f10294166f348730affacddb9aaac36511bdeb
+
+xen: Module autoprobing support for frontend drivers
+
+Add module aliases to support autoprobing modules
+for xen frontend devices.
+
+Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+---
+
+diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+index dfe61af..ffa0b43 100644
+--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
++++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+@@ -1015,3 +1015,4 @@ module_exit(xlblk_exit);
+ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual block device frontend");
+ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+ MODULE_ALIAS_BLOCKDEV_MAJOR(XENVBD_MAJOR);
++MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vbd");
+diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+index 7483d45..b3fa27e 100644
+--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
++++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+@@ -1809,3 +1809,4 @@ module_exit(netif_exit);
+ 
+ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xen virtual network device frontend");
+ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
++MODULE_ALIAS("xen:vif");
+diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+index 88fc5ec..57ceb53 100644
+--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
++++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ int xenbus_match(struct device *_dev, struct device_driver *_drv)
+ 	return match_device(drv->ids, to_xenbus_device(_dev)) != NULL;
+ }
+ 
++static int xenbus_uevent(struct device *_dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
++{
++	struct xenbus_device *dev = to_xenbus_device(_dev);
++
++	if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=xen:%s", dev->devicetype))
++		return -ENOMEM;
++
++	return 0;
++}
++
+ /* device/<type>/<id> => <type>-<id> */
+ static int frontend_bus_id(char bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE], const char *nodename)
+ {
+@@ -166,6 +176,7 @@ static struct xen_bus_type xenbus_frontend = {
+ 	.bus = {
+ 		.name     = "xen",
+ 		.match    = xenbus_match,
++		.uevent   = xenbus_uevent,
+ 		.probe    = xenbus_dev_probe,
+ 		.remove   = xenbus_dev_remove,
+ 		.shutdown = xenbus_dev_shutdown,
+@@ -438,6 +449,12 @@ static ssize_t xendev_show_devtype(struct device *dev,
+ }
+ DEVICE_ATTR(devtype, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, xendev_show_devtype, NULL);
+ 
++static ssize_t xendev_show_modalias(struct device *dev,
++				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
++{
++	return sprintf(buf, "xen:%s\n", to_xenbus_device(dev)->devicetype);
++}
++DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, xendev_show_modalias, NULL);
+ 
+ int xenbus_probe_node(struct xen_bus_type *bus,
+ 		      const char *type,
+@@ -492,10 +509,16 @@ int xenbus_probe_node(struct xen_bus_type *bus,
+ 
+ 	err = device_create_file(&xendev->dev, &dev_attr_devtype);
+ 	if (err)
+-		goto fail_remove_file;
++		goto fail_remove_nodename;
++
++	err = device_create_file(&xendev->dev, &dev_attr_modalias);
++	if (err)
++		goto fail_remove_devtype;
+ 
+ 	return 0;
+-fail_remove_file:
++fail_remove_devtype:
++	device_remove_file(&xendev->dev, &dev_attr_devtype);
++fail_remove_nodename:
+ 	device_remove_file(&xendev->dev, &dev_attr_nodename);
+ fail_unregister:
+ 	device_unregister(&xendev->dev);
diff --git a/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1 b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
index b2d30c784..32d990d34 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
+++ b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@
 + features/all/xen-image-header.patch
 + features/all/xen-crc32-checksum-kernel-image.patch
 + features/all/xen-boot-protocol.patch
++ features/all/xen-module-autoloading.patch