diff --git a/src/radeon_probe.c b/src/radeon_probe.c
index baca574..e37cfa1 100644
--- a/src/radeon_probe.c
+++ b/src/radeon_probe.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "atipcirename.h"
 
 #include "xf86.h"
+#include <xf86_OSproc.h>
 
 #include "xf86drmMode.h"
 #include "dri.h"
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@ static Bool radeon_kernel_mode_enabled(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, struct pci_device *pci
 
     busIdString = DRICreatePCIBusID(pci_dev);
     ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
+    if (ret) {
+      if (xf86LoadKernelModule(
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
+			       "radeonkms"
+#else
+			       "radeon"
+#endif
+			       ))
+        ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
+    }
     free(busIdString);
     if (ret) {
       xf86DrvMsgVerb(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, 0,