diff --git a/fedora-coreos/install.sh b/fedora-coreos/install.sh
index a67947d..3554b8b 100755
--- a/fedora-coreos/install.sh
+++ b/fedora-coreos/install.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -ouex pipefail
 
 RELEASE="$(rpm -E %fedora)"
+KERNEL="$(rpm -q kernel --queryformat '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}')"
 
 #### PREPARE
 # enable testing repos if not enabled on testing stream
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ find /tmp/rpms/
 ## CONDITIONAL: install ZFS (and sanoid deps)
 if [[ "-zfs" == "${ZFS_TAG}" ]]; then
     rpm-ostree install pv /tmp/rpms/zfs/*.rpm
+    # for some reason depmod ran automatically with zfs 2.1 but not with 2.2
+    depmod -A ${KERNEL}
 fi
 
 ## CONDITIONAL: install NVIDIA
diff --git a/main/install.sh b/main/install.sh
index 05bc81e..e7aedc8 100755
--- a/main/install.sh
+++ b/main/install.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ouex pipefail
 
+KERNEL="$(rpm -q kernel --queryformat '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}')"
 RELEASE="$(rpm -E %fedora)"
 
 #### PREPARE
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ sed -i 's@enabled=1@enabled=0@g' /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-cisco-openh264.repo
 # inspect to see what RPMS we copied in
 find /tmp/rpms/
 
+
 ## CONDITIONAL: install ZFS (and sanoid deps)
 if [[ "-zfs" == "${ZFS_TAG}" ]]; then
     rpm-ostree install /tmp/rpms/zfs/*.rpm \
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ if [[ "-zfs" == "${ZFS_TAG}" ]]; then
       perl-Config-IniFiles \
       perl-Getopt-Long \
       pv
+    # for some reason depmod ran automatically with zfs 2.1 but not with 2.2
+    depmod -A ${KERNEL}
 fi
 
 ## CONDITIONAL: install NVIDIA