diff --git a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.c b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.c
index cc43b82..d0db9c5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	args.pa_verbosity	= 1;
 	args.pa_logfd		= -1;
 	args.pa_fsroot		= "";
-	args.pa_kernel		= strdup("/boot/kernel");
+	args.pa_kernel		= strdup("/boot/kernel;/boot/modules");
 	args.pa_samplesdir	= ".";
 	args.pa_printfile	= stderr;
 	args.pa_graphdepth	= DEFAULT_CALLGRAPH_DEPTH;
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
index fdcf9c4..6606fa5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ float pmcstat_threshold = 0.5; /* Cost filter for top mode. */
 static struct pmcstat_image *pmcstat_image_from_path(pmcstat_interned_string
     _path, int _iskernelmodule);
 static void pmcstat_image_get_aout_params(struct pmcstat_image *_image);
+static void pmcstat_locate_kernelmodule(char *_buffer, size_t _buffer_length,
+	const char *_path);
 static void pmcstat_image_get_elf_params(struct pmcstat_image *_image);
 static void	pmcstat_image_link(struct pmcstat_process *_pp,
     struct pmcstat_image *_i, uintfptr_t _lpc);
@@ -602,6 +604,22 @@ pmcstat_image_add_symbols(struct pmcstat_image *image, Elf *e,
 			symptr->ps_end = (symptr+1)->ps_start;
 }
 
+static void
+pmcstat_locate_kernelmodule(char *buffer, size_t buffer_length,
+    const char *path)
+{
+	char * module_paths = strdup(args.pa_kernel);
+	char * module_path = NULL;
+	while ((module_path = strsep(&module_paths, ";")) != NULL) {
+		(void) snprintf(buffer, buffer_length, "%s%s/%s", args.pa_fsroot,
+	        module_path, path);
+		if (access(buffer, R_OK) == 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	free(module_paths);
+}
+
 /*
  * Examine an ELF file to determine the size of its text segment.
  * Sets image->pi_type if anything conclusive can be determined about
@@ -641,8 +659,7 @@ pmcstat_image_get_elf_params(struct pmcstat_image *image)
 	 * and user mode executable objects under FSROOT/PATHNAME.
 	 */
 	if (image->pi_iskernelmodule)
-		(void) snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s%s/%s",
-		    args.pa_fsroot, args.pa_kernel, path);
+		(void) pmcstat_locate_kernelmodule(buffer, sizeof(buffer), path);
 	else
 		(void) snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s%s",
 		    args.pa_fsroot, path);