diff --git a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
index f07d58106..39eeb4e1c 100644
--- a/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
+++ b/client/fingerprint/bridge_linux.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/host"
 )
 
 const bridgeKernelModuleName = "bridge"
@@ -35,19 +36,39 @@ func (f *BridgeFingerprint) Fingerprint(req *FingerprintRequest, resp *Fingerpri
 }
 
 func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKMod(mod string) error {
-	file, err := os.Open("/proc/modules")
+	hostInfo, err := host.Info()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not read /proc/modules: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dynErr := f.checkKModFile(mod, "/proc/modules", fmt.Sprintf("%s\\s+.*$", mod))
+	if dynErr == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	builtinErr := f.checkKModFile(mod,
+		fmt.Sprintf("/lib/modules/%s/modules.builtin", hostInfo.KernelVersion),
+		fmt.Sprintf(".+\\/%s.ko$", mod))
+	if builtinErr == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("%v, %v", dynErr, builtinErr)
+}
+
+func (f *BridgeFingerprint) checkKModFile(mod, fileName, pattern string) error {
+	file, err := os.Open(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read %s: %v", fileName, err)
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s\\s+.*$", mod)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		if matched, err := regexp.MatchString(pattern, scanner.Text()); matched {
 			return nil
 		} else if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse /proc/modules: %v", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse %s: %v", fileName, err)
 		}
 	}