diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 484ba50..e36101b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -621,22 +622,21 @@ func getModulesInDir(files misc.StringSet, modPath string) error {
 // anywhere
 func getModule(files misc.StringSet, modName string, modDir string) error {
 
-	deps, err := getModuleDeps(modName, modDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	modDep := filepath.Join(modDir, "modules.dep")
+	if !exists(modDep) {
+		log.Fatal("Kernel module.dep not found: ", modDir)
 	}
 
-	if len(deps) == 0 {
-		// retry and swap - and _ in module name
-		if strings.Contains(modName, "-") {
-			modName = strings.ReplaceAll(modName, "-", "_")
-		} else {
-			modName = strings.ReplaceAll(modName, "_", "-")
-		}
-		deps, err = getModuleDeps(modName, modDir)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	fd, err := os.Open(modDep)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Print("Unable to open modules.dep: ", modDep)
+		return err
+	}
+	defer fd.Close()
+
+	deps, err := getModuleDeps(modName, fd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	for _, dep := range deps {
@@ -651,29 +651,35 @@ func getModule(files misc.StringSet, modName string, modDir string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func getModuleDeps(modName string, modDir string) ([]string, error) {
+// Get the canonicalized name for the module as represented in the given modules.dep io.reader
+func getModuleDeps(modName string, modulesDep io.Reader) ([]string, error) {
 	var deps []string
 
-	modDep := filepath.Join(modDir, "modules.dep")
-	if !exists(modDep) {
-		log.Fatal("Kernel module.dep not found: ", modDir)
+	// split the module name on - and/or _, build a regex for matching
+	splitRe := regexp.MustCompile("[-_]+")
+	var modNameReStr string
+	for _, s := range splitRe.Split(modName, -1) {
+		if modNameReStr != "" {
+			modNameReStr += "[-_]+" + s
+		} else {
+			modNameReStr = s
+		}
 	}
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(modNameReStr)
 
-	fd, err := os.Open(modDep)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print("Unable to open modules.dep: ", modDep)
-		return deps, err
-	}
-
-	defer fd.Close()
-	s := bufio.NewScanner(fd)
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(modulesDep)
 	for s.Scan() {
 		fields := strings.Fields(s.Text())
-		fields[0] = strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], ":")
-		if modName != filepath.Base(stripExts(fields[0])) {
+		if len(fields) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		deps = append(deps, fields...)
+		fields[0] = strings.TrimSuffix(fields[0], ":")
+
+		found := re.FindAll([]byte(filepath.Base(stripExts(fields[0]))), -1)
+		if len(found) > 0 {
+			deps = append(deps, fields...)
+			break
+		}
 	}
 	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
 		log.Print("Unable to get module + dependencies: ", modName)