--- modutils/depmod.c.orig	2021-01-16 10:43:34.026183629 +0000
+++ modutils/depmod.c	2021-01-16 10:51:06.919526790 +0000
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 				parse_module, NULL, &modules);
 		} while (*++argv);
 	} else {
-		recursive_action(".", ACTION_RECURSE,
+		recursive_action(".", ACTION_RECURSE | ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS,
 				parse_module, NULL, &modules);
 	}