diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6ed4a41f3a..79b4e59920 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1393,6 +1393,9 @@ nodist_libvirt_la_SOURCES = libvirt_probes.h
 if WITH_REMOTE
 nodist_libvirt_driver_remote_la_SOURCES = libvirt_probes.h
 endif WITH_REMOTE
+if WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
+DTRACE2SYSTEMTAP_FLAGS = --with-modules
+endif
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += libvirt_probes.h libvirt_probes.stp libvirt_functions.stp
 
@@ -1429,9 +1432,9 @@ RPC_PROBE_FILES = $(srcdir)/rpc/virnetprotocol.x \
 libvirt_functions.stp: $(RPC_PROBE_FILES) $(srcdir)/rpc/gensystemtap.pl
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PERL) -w $(srcdir)/rpc/gensystemtap.pl $(RPC_PROBE_FILES) > $@
 
-%_probes.stp: %_probes.d $(srcdir)/dtrace2systemtap.pl
+%_probes.stp: %_probes.d $(srcdir)/dtrace2systemtap.pl $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PERL) -w $(srcdir)/dtrace2systemtap.pl \
-	  $(bindir) $(sbindir) $(libdir) $< > $@
+	  $(DTRACE2SYSTEMTAP_FLAGS) $(bindir) $(sbindir) $(libdir) $< > $@
 
 CLEANFILES += libvirt_probes.h libvirt_probes.o libvirt_probes.lo \
               libvirt_qemu_probes.h libvirt_qemu_probes.o \
diff --git a/src/dtrace2systemtap.pl b/src/dtrace2systemtap.pl
index c8d42d74da..d57de68f66 100755
--- a/src/dtrace2systemtap.pl
+++ b/src/dtrace2systemtap.pl
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ my $file;
 my @files;
 my %files;
 
+my $with_modules = 0;
+if ($ARGV[0] eq "--with-modules") {
+    # set if we want to honor the "module" setting in the .d file
+    $with_modules = 1;
+    shift @ARGV;
+}
+
 my $bindir = shift @ARGV;
 my $sbindir = shift @ARGV;
 my $libdir = shift @ARGV;
@@ -54,6 +61,8 @@ while (<>) {
             $files{$file}->{prefix} = $1;
         } elsif (m,^\s*\#\s*binary:\s*(\S+)\s*$,) {
             $files{$file}->{binary} = $1;
+        } elsif (m,^\s*\#\s*module:\s*(\S+)\s*$,) {
+            $files{$file}->{module} = $1;
         } else {
             # ignore unknown comments
         }
@@ -98,6 +107,9 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
         if (exists $files{$file}->{binary}) {
             $binary = $sbindir . "/" . $files{$file}->{binary};
         }
+        if ($with_modules && exists $files{$file}->{module}) {
+            $binary = $libdir . "/" . $files{$file}->{module};
+        }
 
         print "probe $pname = process(\"$binary\").mark(\"$name\") {\n";
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_qemu_probes.d b/src/libvirt_qemu_probes.d
index 6916778434..e4449a9922 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_qemu_probes.d
+++ b/src/libvirt_qemu_probes.d
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ provider libvirt {
         # file: src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
         # prefix: qemu
         # binary: libvirtd
+        # module: libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_qemu.so
         # Monitor lifecycle
         probe qemu_monitor_new(void *mon, int refs, int fd);
         probe qemu_monitor_ref(void *mon, int refs);