diff --git a/docs/vars.md b/docs/vars.md
index c904e9336..2f19d1348 100644
--- a/docs/vars.md
+++ b/docs/vars.md
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Stack](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kargo/blob/master/docs/dns-stack.
   ``--insecure-registry=myregistry.mydomain:5000``
 * *http_proxy/https_proxy/no_proxy* - Proxy variables for deploying behind a
   proxy
+* *kubelet_load_modules* - For some things, kubelet needs to load kernel modules.  For example,
+  dynamic kernel services are needed for mounting persistent volumes into containers.  These may not be
+  loaded by preinstall kubernetes processes.  For example, ceph and rbd backed volumes.  Set this variable to
+  true to let kubelet load kernel modules.
 
 #### User accounts
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
index c2fc56bf9..88a357a82 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ kube_log_level: 2
 # 1.5 default behavior. The flag is actually only added if the used kubernetes version is >= 1.5
 kube_api_anonymous_auth: false
 
+#
+# For some things, kubelet needs to load kernel modules.  For example, dynamic kernel services are needed
+# for mounting persistent volumes into containers.  These may not be loaded by preinstall kubernetes
+# processes.  For example, ceph and rbd backed volumes.  Set to true to allow kubelet to load kernel
+# modules.
+#
+kubelet_load_modules: false
+
 # Users to create for basic auth in Kubernetes API via HTTP
 kube_api_pwd: "changeme"
 kube_users:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index d60b76208..da1ed6d07 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ etcd_config_dir: /etc/ssl/etcd
 # A port range to reserve for services with NodePort visibility.
 # Inclusive at both ends of the range.
 kube_apiserver_node_port_range: "30000-32767"
+
+kubelet_load_modules: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
index 1e2e13a93..5126f1b59 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/kubelet-container.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   {% for dir in ssl_ca_dirs -%}
   -v {{ dir }}:{{ dir }}:ro \
   {% endfor -%}
+  {% if kubelet_load_modules -%}
+  -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro \
+  {% endif -%}
   -v /sys:/sys:ro \
   -v {{ docker_daemon_graph }}:/var/lib/docker:rw \
   -v /var/lib/kubelet:/var/lib/kubelet:shared \