Index: i2c-tools-3.1.0/tools/i2cbusses.c
===================================================================
--- i2c-tools-3.1.0.orig/tools/i2cbusses.c
+++ i2c-tools-3.1.0/tools/i2cbusses.c
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#ifdef USE_LIBKMOD
+	#include <libkmod.h>
+#endif
 #include "i2cbusses.h"
 #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
 
+#define BUFLEN 512
+#define I2C_DEV_MOD_NAME "i2c_dev"
+
 enum adt { adt_dummy, adt_isa, adt_i2c, adt_smbus, adt_unknown };
 
 struct adap_type {
@@ -60,6 +66,70 @@ static struct adap_type adap_types[5] =
 	  .algo		= "N/A", },
 };
 
+/**
+ * Try to load i2c_dev kernel mode. Do nothing, if module is already loaded.
+ * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int try_load_i2c_dev_mod(void) {
+	int err = 0, loaded = 0;
+	char errbuf[BUFLEN] = { 0 };
+#ifdef USE_LIBKMOD
+	int flags = 0;
+	struct kmod_ctx *ctx;
+	struct kmod_list *l, *list = NULL;
+
+	ctx = kmod_new(NULL, NULL);
+	if (!ctx) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN, "kmod_new() failed!");
+		goto done;
+	}
+	if (kmod_module_new_from_lookup(ctx, I2C_DEV_MOD_NAME, &list) < 0 || list == NULL) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN, I2C_DEV_MOD_NAME " module lookup failed");
+		goto ctx_unref;
+	}
+
+	flags |= KMOD_PROBE_APPLY_BLACKLIST_ALIAS_ONLY;
+	kmod_list_foreach(l, list) {
+		struct kmod_module *mod = kmod_module_get_module(l);
+		err = kmod_module_probe_insert_module(mod, flags, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		if (err == -ENOENT) {
+			snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN,
+					"unknown symbol in module \"%s\", or unknown parameter (see dmesg)",
+					kmod_module_get_name(mod));
+		} else if (err < 0) {
+			snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN, "(module %s): %s",
+					kmod_module_get_name(mod), strerror(-err));
+		} else {
+			kmod_module_unref(mod);
+			++loaded;
+			break;
+		}
+		kmod_module_unref(mod);
+	}
+
+list_unref:
+	kmod_module_unref_list(list);
+ctx_unref:
+	kmod_unref(ctx);
+#else
+	err = system("modprobe " I2C_DEV_MOD_NAME);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN, "failed to execute modprobe command");
+	} else if (err > 0) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, BUFLEN, "modprobe command exited with code %d",
+				WEXITSTATUS(err));
+	} else {
+		++loaded;
+		goto done;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (errbuf[0])
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load required " I2C_DEV_MOD_NAME
+			   	" kernel module: %s\n", errbuf);
+done:
+	return loaded;
+}
+
 static enum adt i2c_get_funcs(int i2cbus)
 {
 	unsigned long funcs;
@@ -206,8 +276,12 @@ struct i2c_adap *gather_i2c_busses(void)
 	   i2c-dev and what we really care about are the i2c-dev numbers.
 	   Unfortunately the names are harder to get in i2c-dev */
 	strcat(sysfs, "/class/i2c-dev");
-	if(!(dir = opendir(sysfs)))
-		goto done;
+	if(!(dir = opendir(sysfs))) {
+		if (!try_load_i2c_dev_mod())
+			goto done;
+		if ((!(dir = opendir(sysfs))))
+			goto done;
+	}
 	/* go through the busses */
 	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		if (!strcmp(de->d_name, "."))
Index: i2c-tools-3.1.0/tools/Module.mk
===================================================================
--- i2c-tools-3.1.0.orig/tools/Module.mk
+++ i2c-tools-3.1.0/tools/Module.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ TOOLS_CFLAGS	:= -Wstrict-prototypes -Wsh
 
 TOOLS_TARGETS	:= i2cdetect i2cdump i2cset i2cget
 
+ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --exists libkmod && echo 1), 1)
+    TOOLS_CFLAGS  += $(shell pkg-config --cflags libkmod) -DUSE_LIBKMOD
+    LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs libkmod)
+endif
+
 #
 # Programs
 #