diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
index c59e10adcd..0e4f9a6ec3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-module-split.bbclass
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "kmod-native depmodwrapper-cross"
 
+modulesloaddir ??= "${sysconfdir}/modules-load.d"
+modprobedir ??= "${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d"
+
 KERNEL_SPLIT_MODULES ?= "1"
 PACKAGESPLITFUNCS =+ "split_kernel_module_packages"
 
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
 
         dvar = d.getVar('PKGD')
 
-        # If autoloading is requested, output /etc/modules-load.d/<name>.conf and append
+        # If autoloading is requested, output ${modulesloaddir}/<name>.conf and append
         # appropriate modprobe commands to the postinst
         autoloadlist = (d.getVar("KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD") or "").split()
         autoload = d.getVar('module_autoload_%s' % basename)
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
         if autoload and basename not in autoloadlist:
             bb.warn("module_autoload_%s is defined but '%s' isn't included in KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD, please add it there" % (basename, basename))
         if basename in autoloadlist:
-            conf = '/etc/modules-load.d/%s.conf' % basename
+            conf = '%s/%s.conf' % (d.getVar('modulesloaddir'), basename)
             name = '%s%s' % (dvar, conf)
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(name), exist_ok=True)
             with open(name, 'w') as f:
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
         modconflist = (d.getVar("KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF") or "").split()
         modconf = d.getVar('module_conf_%s' % basename)
         if modconf and basename in modconflist:
-            conf = '/etc/modprobe.d/%s.conf' % basename
+            conf = '%s/%s.conf' % (d.getVar('modprobedir'), basename)
             name = '%s%s' % (dvar, conf)
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(name), exist_ok=True)
             with open(name, 'w') as f:
@@ -165,8 +168,8 @@ python split_kernel_module_packages () {
     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('FILES:' + metapkg, '%s %s %s/modules' %
+            (d.getVar('modulesloaddir'), d.getVar('modprobedir'), d.getVar("nonarch_base_libdir")))
         d.appendVar('pkg_postinst:%s' % metapkg, postinst)
         d.prependVar('pkg_postrm:%s' % metapkg, postrm);
         return