diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index 6c1de4c992..a29c294810 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d/ ${D}${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/
 }
 
+KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES ?= "1"
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS:prepend = "split_kernel_module_packages "
 
 KERNEL_MODULES_META_PACKAGE ?= "${@ d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") or "kernel" }-modules"
@@ -156,18 +157,26 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
     kernel_package_name = d.getVar("KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME") or "kernel"
     kernel_version = d.getVar("KERNEL_VERSION")
 
+    metapkg = d.getVar('KERNEL_MODULES_META_PACKAGE')
+    splitmods = d.getVar('KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES')
+    postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst:modules')
+    postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm:modules')
+
+    if splitmods != '1':
+        etcdir = d.getVar('sysconfdir')
+        d.appendVar('FILES:' + metapkg, '%s/modules-load.d/ %s/modprobe.d/ %s/modules/' % (etcdir, etcdir, d.getVar("nonarch_base_libdir")))
+        d.appendVar('pkg_postinst:%s' % metapkg, postinst)
+        d.prependVar('pkg_postrm:%s' % metapkg, postrm);
+        return
+
     module_regex = r'^(.*)\.k?o(?:\.(gz|xz|zst))?$'
 
     module_pattern_prefix = d.getVar('KERNEL_MODULE_PACKAGE_PREFIX')
     module_pattern_suffix = d.getVar('KERNEL_MODULE_PACKAGE_SUFFIX')
     module_pattern = module_pattern_prefix + kernel_package_name + '-module-%s' + module_pattern_suffix
 
-    postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst:modules')
-    postrm = d.getVar('pkg_postrm:modules')
-
     modules = do_split_packages(d, root='${nonarch_base_libdir}/modules', file_regex=module_regex, output_pattern=module_pattern, description='%s kernel module', postinst=postinst, postrm=postrm, recursive=True, hook=frob_metadata, extra_depends='%s-%s' % (kernel_package_name, kernel_version))
     if modules:
-        metapkg = d.getVar('KERNEL_MODULES_META_PACKAGE')
         d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:' + metapkg, ' '+' '.join(modules))
 
     # If modules-load.d and modprobe.d are empty at this point, remove them to
diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 027e66eec7..6dc5387a9b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ python __anonymous () {
         d.appendVar('PACKAGES', ' %s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower))
         d.setVar('FILES:' + kname + '-image-' + typelower, '/' + imagedest + '/' + type + '-${KERNEL_VERSION_NAME}' + ' /' + imagedest + '/' + type)
         d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:%s-image' % kname, ' %s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower))
+        splitmods = d.getVar("KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES")
+        if splitmods != '1':
+            d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:%s-image' % kname, ' %s-modules' % kname)
+            d.appendVar('RDEPENDS:%s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower), ' %s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
+            d.setVar('PKG:%s-modules' % kname, '%s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
+            d.appendVar('RPROVIDES:%s-modules' % kname, '%s-modules-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % kname)
+
         d.setVar('PKG:%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), '%s-image-%s-${KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME}' % (kname, typelower))
         d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY:%s-image-%s' % (kname, typelower), '1')
         d.setVar('pkg_postinst:%s-image-%s' % (kname,typelower), """set +e