diff --git a/init.d/hwclock.in b/init.d/hwclock.in
index 2cd1ef31..d28ac850 100644
--- a/init.d/hwclock.in
+++ b/init.d/hwclock.in
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ fi
 depend()
 {
 	provide clock
+	want modules
 	if yesno $clock_adjfile; then
 		use root
 	else
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ get_noadjfile()
 
 start()
 {
-	local retval=0 errstr=""
+	local retval=0 errstr="" modname
 	setupopts
 
 	if [ -z "$utc_cmd" ]; then
@@ -96,7 +97,12 @@ start()
 			[ -e "$rtc" ] && break
 		done
 		if [ ! -e "${rtc}" ]; then
-			modprobe -q rtc-cmos || modprobe -q rtc || modprobe -q genrtc
+		for x in rtc-cmos rtc genrtc; do
+		 modprobe -q $x && modname=$x && break
+		done
+		[ -n "$modname" ] &&
+			ewarn "The $modname module needs to be configured in \
+				@SYSCONFDIR@/conf.d/modules or built in."
 		fi
 	fi
 
diff --git a/init.d/procfs.in b/init.d/procfs.in
index de618733..055b5f45 100644
--- a/init.d/procfs.in
+++ b/init.d/procfs.in
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ description="Mounts misc filesystems in /proc."
 
 depend()
 {
-	use modules devfs
+	use devfs
+	want modules
 	need localmount
 	keyword -docker -lxc -openvz -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ start()
 {
 	# Setup Kernel Support for miscellaneous Binary Formats
 	if [ -d /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc -a ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
-		modprobe -q binfmt-misc
+		if modprobe -q binfmt-misc; then
+			ewarn "The  binfmt-misc module needs to be configured in \
+				@SYSCONFDIR@/conf.d/modules or built in."
+		fi
 		if grep -qs binfmt_misc /proc/filesystems; then
 			ebegin "Mounting misc binary format filesystem"
 			mount -t binfmt_misc -o nodev,noexec,nosuid \
diff --git a/init.d/sysfs.in b/init.d/sysfs.in
index 6929810d..87adacd9 100644
--- a/init.d/sysfs.in
+++ b/init.d/sysfs.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ sysfs_opts=nodev,noexec,nosuid
 
 depend()
 {
+	want modules
 	keyword -docker -lxc -prefix -systemd-nspawn -vserver
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +103,10 @@ mount_misc()
 	# it will NOT appear in /proc/filesystems yet
 	if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi/efivars ] \
 		&& ! mountinfo -q /sys/firmware/efi/efivars; then
-		modprobe -q efivarfs
+		if modprobe -q efivarfs; then
+			ewarn "The efivarfs module needs to be configured in \
+				@SYSCONFDIR@/conf.d/modules or built in"
+		fi
 		if grep -qs efivarfs /proc/filesystems; then
 			ebegin "Mounting efivarfs filesystem"
 			mount -n -t efivarfs -o ${sysfs_opts} \