diff --git a/arch/x86/modules_load b/arch/x86/modules_load
index c643d2f..cb8d0c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/modules_load
+++ b/arch/x86/modules_load
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ MODULES_CRYPTO="sha1_generic sha256_generic sha512_generic cbc aes_generic aes-x
 # Backward compatibility with previous releases
 MODULES_CRYPT="${MODULES_CRYPTO}"
 
+# Virtio support (KVM mainly)
+MODULES_VIRTIO="virtio virtio_balloon virtio_console virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring"
+
 # DRM (Plymouth support)
 MODULES_PLYMOUTH="radeon nouveau uvesafb"
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/modules_load b/arch/x86_64/modules_load
index e036d07..88ef0a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/modules_load
+++ b/arch/x86_64/modules_load
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ MODULES_CRYPTO="sha1_generic sha256_generic sha512_generic cbc aes_generic aes-x
 # Backward compatibility with previous releases
 MODULES_CRYPT="${MODULES_CRYPTO}"
 
+# Virtio support (KVM mainly)
+MODULES_VIRTIO="virtio virtio_balloon virtio_console virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring"
+
 # DRM (Plymouth support)
 MODULES_PLYMOUTH="radeon nouveau uvesafb"
diff --git a/defaults/initrd.defaults b/defaults/initrd.defaults
index 627f4c4..a91e84b 100755
--- a/defaults/initrd.defaults
+++ b/defaults/initrd.defaults
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ DEFAULT_NFSOPTIONS="ro,nolock,rsize=1024,wsize=1024"
 
 # Only sections that are in by default or those that
 # are not module groups need to be defined here...
-HWOPTS='keymap cache modules pata sata scsi usb firewire waitscan lvm dmraid mdadm fs net'
-MY_HWOPTS='modules pata sata scsi usb firewire waitscan dmraid mdadm fs net iscsi crypto plymouth'
+HWOPTS='keymap cache modules pata sata scsi usb firewire waitscan lvm dmraid mdadm fs net virtio'
+MY_HWOPTS='modules pata sata scsi usb firewire waitscan dmraid mdadm fs net iscsi crypto plymouth virtio'
diff --git a/defaults/modules_load b/defaults/modules_load
index 49e68df..78a2af3 100644
--- a/defaults/modules_load
+++ b/defaults/modules_load
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ MODULES_CRYPTO="sha1_generic sha256_generic sha512_generic cbc aes_generic aes-x
 # Backward compatibility with previous releases
 MODULES_CRYPT="${MODULES_CRYPTO}"
 
+# Virtio support (KVM mainly)
+MODULES_VIRTIO="virtio virtio_balloon virtio_console virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring"
+
 # DRM (Plymouth support)
 MODULES_PLYMOUTH="radeon nouveau uvesafb"