diff --git a/init/first_stage_init.cpp b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
index 438b44e04..ad546bf07 100644
--- a/init/first_stage_init.cpp
+++ b/init/first_stage_init.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,16 @@ int FirstStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
         old_root_dir.reset();
     }
 
-    Modprobe m({"/lib/modules"});
+    std::string module_load_file = "modules.load";
+    if (IsRecoveryMode() && !ForceNormalBoot(cmdline)) {
+        struct stat fileStat;
+        std::string recovery_load_path = "/lib/modules/modules.load.recovery";
+        if (!stat(recovery_load_path.c_str(), &fileStat)) {
+            module_load_file = "modules.load.recovery";
+        }
+    }
+
+    Modprobe m({"/lib/modules"}, module_load_file);
     auto want_console = ALLOW_FIRST_STAGE_CONSOLE && FirstStageConsole(cmdline);
     if (!m.LoadListedModules(!want_console)) {
         if (want_console) {
diff --git a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
index ee6ae7a45..297036e41 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
+++ b/libmodprobe/include/modprobe/modprobe.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 class Modprobe {
   public:
-    Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>&);
+    Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>&, const std::string load_file = "modules.load");
 
     bool LoadListedModules(bool strict = true);
     bool LoadWithAliases(const std::string& module_name, bool strict,
diff --git a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
index f22bbf18b..d19379676 100644
--- a/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
+++ b/libmodprobe/libmodprobe.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void Modprobe::ParseKernelCmdlineOptions(void) {
     }
 }
 
-Modprobe::Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>& base_paths) {
+Modprobe::Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>& base_paths, const std::string load_file) {
     using namespace std::placeholders;
 
     for (const auto& base_path : base_paths) {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Modprobe::Modprobe(const std::vector<std::string>& base_paths) {
         ParseCfg(base_path + "/modules.softdep", softdep_callback);
 
         auto load_callback = std::bind(&Modprobe::ParseLoadCallback, this, _1);
-        ParseCfg(base_path + "/modules.load", load_callback);
+        ParseCfg(base_path + "/" + load_file, load_callback);
 
         auto options_callback = std::bind(&Modprobe::ParseOptionsCallback, this, _1);
         ParseCfg(base_path + "/modules.options", options_callback);