diff --git a/clientside/tmcc/centos6/GNUmakefile.in b/clientside/tmcc/centos6/GNUmakefile.in
index e3fb93e527655ae8428a76433f10ec8afb6136e4..0bc114b45b2455c779b409b173f9f58893371c46 100644
--- a/clientside/tmcc/centos6/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/clientside/tmcc/centos6/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ sysetc-install:	ifcfgs dir-install
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(SRCDIR)/ifcfg-eth99 $(SYSETCDIR)/sysconfig/network-scripts
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 ifcfg-eth[0-9]* $(SYSETCDIR)/sysconfig/network-scripts
 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(SRCDIR)/logrotate-syslog $(SYSETCDIR)/logrotate.d/syslog
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(SRCDIR)/mellanox.modules $(SYSETCDIR)/sysconfig/modules
 	-ln -sf $(SYSETCDIR)/dhclient-enter-hooks $(SYSETCDIR)/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks
 	-ln -sf $(SYSETCDIR)/dhclient-exit-hooks $(SYSETCDIR)/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks
 
 sysetc-remove:
 	rm -rf $(SYSETCDIR)/modules.conf $(SYSETCDIR)/ntp.conf $(SYSETCDIR)/cron.pend
 
+
 # stuff we don't really need to do all the time and may not even be correct
 # or sufficient for all FCs
 sysetc-onceonly-install:
diff --git a/clientside/tmcc/centos6/mellanox.modules b/clientside/tmcc/centos6/mellanox.modules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ea8b165114976a964c84c66f6e566541a4b9912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clientside/tmcc/centos6/mellanox.modules
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+MODLIST="mlx4_en mlx4_ib ib_umad ib_uverbs ib_ipoib ib_srp"
+
+lsmod | grep -q mlx4_core
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        for mod in $MODLIST; do
+                modprobe $mod
+        done
+fi