diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index ec97b77c8b00..f25649ffb892 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ o  GNU C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
 o  GNU make               3.80                    # make --version
 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
-o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
+o  kmod                   13                      # depmod -V
 o  e2fsprogs              1.41.4                  # e2fsck -V
 o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
 o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ is not build with CONFIG_KALLSYMS and you have no way to rebuild and
 reproduce the Oops with that option, then you can still decode that Oops
 with ksymoops.
 
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-
-A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools
-to use.  It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
-
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 
@@ -319,14 +313,15 @@ Util-linux
 ----------
 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>
 
+Kmod
+----
+o  <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/>
+o  <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git>
+
 Ksymoops
 --------
 o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/>
 
-Module-Init-Tools
------------------
-o  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/>
-
 Mkinitrd
 --------
 o  <https://code.launchpad.net/initrd-tools/main>
diff --git a/scripts/depmod.sh b/scripts/depmod.sh
index 122599b1c13b..ea1e96921e3b 100755
--- a/scripts/depmod.sh
+++ b/scripts/depmod.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ DEPMOD=$1
 KERNELRELEASE=$2
 SYMBOL_PREFIX=$3
 
-if ! test -r System.map -a -x "$DEPMOD"; then
+if ! test -r System.map ; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+if [ -z $(command -v $DEPMOD) ]; then
+	echo "'make modules_install' requires $DEPMOD. Please install it." >&2
+	echo "This is probably in the kmod package." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # older versions of depmod don't support -P <symbol-prefix>
 # support was added in module-init-tools 3.13
 if test -n "$SYMBOL_PREFIX"; then