diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/tripleo-module-load-80f7fd8c8dd6a81e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/tripleo-module-load-80f7fd8c8dd6a81e.yaml
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+---
+features:
+  - Loads and persist kernel modules from the host directly.
diff --git a/roles/tripleo-module-load/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/tripleo-module-load/defaults/main.yaml
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+---
+# Module name as a list of hashes:
+# modules:
+#   - { name: foo, params: 'bar baz' }
+#   - { name: starwars }
+#   - { name: starwars, state: absent }
+modules: []
diff --git a/roles/tripleo-module-load/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/tripleo-module-load/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+# Allow to get a clean way to load and persist kernel modules
+
+- name: Check whether /etc/modules-load.d exists
+  stat:
+    path: /etc/modules-load.d
+  register: modules_load_stat
+
+- name: "Load modules"
+  become: true
+  modprobe:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    params: "{{ item.params | default(omit) }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+  loop: "{{ modules }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
+- name: "Persist modules via modules-load.d"
+  become: true
+  template:
+    dest: "/etc/modules-load.d/{{ item.name }}.conf"
+    src: module-load.conf.j2
+  loop: "{{ modules }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when:
+    - modules_load_stat.stat.exists
+    - (item.state | default('present')) == 'present'
+
+- name: "Drop module persistence"
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/modules-load.d/{{ item.name }}.conf"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ modules }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when:
+    - modules_load_stat.stat.exists
+    - (item.state | default('present')) == 'absent'
+
+- name: "Set modules persistence via /etc/modules"
+  become: true
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/modules
+    line: "{{ item.name }} {{ item.params | default('') }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+  loop: "{{ modules }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when: not modules_load_stat.stat.exists
diff --git a/roles/tripleo-module-load/templates/module-load.conf.j2 b/roles/tripleo-module-load/templates/module-load.conf.j2
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+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+{{ item.name }} {{ item.params |default('') }}