diff --git a/package/busybox/S10mdev b/package/busybox/S10mdev
index d386d420b5..4cb31de42d 100644
--- a/package/busybox/S10mdev
+++ b/package/busybox/S10mdev
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ case "$1" in
 	echo "Starting mdev..."
 	echo /sbin/mdev >/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
 	/sbin/mdev -s
+	# coldplug modules
+	find /sys/ -name modalias | xargs sort -u | xargs modprobe -abq
 	;;
   stop)
 	;;
diff --git a/package/busybox/mdev.conf b/package/busybox/mdev.conf
index 247c0ed02d..4fafe63f0c 100644
--- a/package/busybox/mdev.conf
+++ b/package/busybox/mdev.conf
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ event[0-9]+	root:root 640 =input/
 mice		root:root 640 =input/
 mouse[0-9]	root:root 640 =input/
 ts[0-9]		root:root 600 =input/
+
+# load modules
+$MODALIAS=.*	root:root 660 @modprobe "$MODALIAS"