diff --git a/upstart-jobs/default.nix b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
index a3e988eab767..147dded26b1e 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/default.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/default.nix
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ let
     # The udev daemon creates devices nodes and runs programs when
     # hardware events occur.
     (import ../upstart-jobs/udev.nix {
-      inherit modprobe;
+      inherit modprobe config;
       inherit (pkgs) stdenv writeText substituteAll udev procps;
       inherit (pkgs.lib) cleanSource;
       firmwareDirs =
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ let
       extraUdevPkgs =
            pkgs.lib.optional config.services.hal.enable pkgs.hal
         ++ pkgs.lib.optional config.hardware.enableGo7007 kernelPackages.wis_go7007;
-      sndMode = config.services.udev.sndMode;
     })
       
     # Makes LVM logical volumes available. 
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/udev.nix b/upstart-jobs/udev.nix
index 5d8e8269cea9..f2235a7b481a 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/udev.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/udev.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, writeText, substituteAll, cleanSource, udev, procps, firmwareDirs, modprobe
 , extraUdevPkgs ? []
-, sndMode ? "0600"
+, config
 }:
 
 let
 
+  cfg = config.services.udev;
+
   firmwareLoader = substituteAll {
     src = ./udev-firmware-loader.sh;
     path = "${stdenv.coreutils}/bin";
@@ -24,12 +26,12 @@ let
     #KERNEL=="sr[0-9]", BUS=="scsi", SYMLINK+="cdrom cdrom-%k"
 
     # ALSA sound devices.
-    KERNEL=="controlC[0-9]*",       NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
-    KERNEL=="hwC[D0-9]*",           NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
-    KERNEL=="pcmC[D0-9cp]*",        NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
-    KERNEL=="midiC[D0-9]*",         NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
-    KERNEL=="timer",                NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
-    KERNEL=="seq",                  NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="controlC[0-9]*",       NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="hwC[D0-9]*",           NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="pcmC[D0-9cp]*",        NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="midiC[D0-9]*",         NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="timer",                NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
+    KERNEL=="seq",                  NAME="snd/%k", MODE="${cfg.sndMode}"
 
     # Firmware loading.
     SUBSYSTEM=="firmware",          ACTION=="add", RUN+="${firmwareLoader}"
@@ -87,6 +89,13 @@ in
 	# Get rid of possible old udev processes.
 	${procps}/bin/pkill -u root "^udevd$" || true
 
+        # Do the loading of additional stage 2 kernel modules.
+        # Maybe this isn't the best place...
+        for i in ${toString config.boot.kernelModules}; do
+            echo "Loading kernel module $i..."
+            ${modprobe}/sbin/modprobe $i || true
+        done
+
 	# Start udev.
 	${udev}/sbin/udevd --daemon