diff --git a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
--- a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@
 
 	if (stat(argv[0], &sb) != 0)
 		err(1, "%s", argv[0]);
-	if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFDIR) == 0) {
+	if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFDIR) == 0 && !dflag) {
 		errno = ENOTDIR;
 		err(1, "%s", argv[0]);
 	}