diff --git a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_3.2.bb b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_3.2.bb
index f447721..7f5d9fa 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_3.2.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_3.2.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ do_configure() {
 # autoload defaults (alphabetically sorted)
 module_autoload_leds-gpio = "leds-gpio"
 module_autoload_mmc_block = "mmc_block"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "leds-gpio mmc_block"
 
 
 # Legacy for 3.2 and LCR
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
index 37be276..1ae4996 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/linux/linux-sysmocom_git.bb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module_autoload_msgqueue = "msgqueue"
 module_autoload_rtfifo = "rtfifo"
 
 KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF_append = "davinci_mmc dspdl_dm644x fpgadl_par leds-gpio mmc_block msgqueue rtfifo"
+KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD_append = "davinci_mmc dspdl_dm644x fpgadl_par leds-gpio mmc_block msgqueue rtfifo"
 
 # module configs (alphabetically sorted)
 module_conf_dspdl_dm644x = "options dspdl_dm644x fw_name=${BTS_FIRMWARE_NAME}.out debug=0"