Index: usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
+++ usr.sbin/bhyveload/bhyveload.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/disk.h>
+#include <sys/linker.h>
+#include <sys/module.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
 #include <machine/specialreg.h>
@@ -761,6 +764,13 @@
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
 
+	if (modfind("vmm") < 0) {
+		if (kldload("vmm") < 0 || modfind("vmm") < 0) {
+			perror("vmm.ko");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	vmname = argv[0];
 
 	need_reinit = 0;