diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_impl.h b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_impl.h
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_impl.h
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_impl.h
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
 #endif
 	int dt_fd;		/* file descriptor for dtrace pseudo-device */
 	int dt_ftfd;		/* file descriptor for fasttrap pseudo-device */
+	int dt_kinstfd;		/* file descriptor for kinst pseudo-device */
 	int dt_fterr;		/* saved errno from failed open of dt_ftfd */
 	int dt_cdefs_fd;	/* file descriptor for C CTF debugging cache */
 	int dt_ddefs_fd;	/* file descriptor for D CTF debugging cache */
diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@
 	dtp->dt_version = version;
 	dtp->dt_fd = dtfd;
 	dtp->dt_ftfd = ftfd;
+	dtp->dt_kinstfd = -1;
 	dtp->dt_fterr = fterr;
 	dtp->dt_cdefs_fd = -1;
 	dtp->dt_ddefs_fd = -1;
@@ -1681,6 +1682,8 @@
 		(void) close(dtp->dt_fd);
 	if (dtp->dt_ftfd != -1)
 		(void) close(dtp->dt_ftfd);
+	if (dtp->dt_kinstfd != -1)
+		(void) close(dtp->dt_kinstfd);
 	if (dtp->dt_cdefs_fd != -1)
 		(void) close(dtp->dt_cdefs_fd);
 	if (dtp->dt_ddefs_fd != -1)
diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_provider.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_provider.c
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_provider.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_provider.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <dt_list.h>
 #include <dt_pid.h>
 #include <dtrace.h>
+#include <kinst.h>
 
 static dt_provider_t *
 dt_provider_insert(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, dt_provider_t *pvp, uint_t h)
@@ -699,6 +700,34 @@
 			prp = idp->di_data;
 		else if (pdp->dtpd_id != DTRACE_IDNONE)
 			prp = dt_probe_discover(pvp, pdp);
+
+		if (strcmp(pvp->pv_desc.dtvd_name, "kinst") == 0) {
+			dtrace_kinst_probedesc_t pd;
+
+			if (dtp->dt_kinstfd == -1) {
+				int fd;
+
+				fd = open("/dev/dtrace/kinst", O_WRONLY);
+				if (fd < 0) {
+					(void) dt_set_errno(dtp, errno);
+					return (NULL);
+				}
+				dtp->dt_kinstfd = fd;
+			}
+			memset(&pd, 0, sizeof(pd));
+			strlcpy(pd.kpd_func, pdp->dtpd_func,
+			    sizeof (pd.kpd_func));
+
+			if (n_is_glob)
+				pd.kpd_off = -1;
+			else
+				pd.kpd_off = strtol(pdp->dtpd_name, NULL, 10);
+			if (ioctl(dtp->dt_kinstfd, KINSTIOC_MAKEPROBE, &pd) !=
+			    0) {
+				(void) dt_set_errno(dtp, errno);
+				return (NULL);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/cddl/lib/libdtrace/Makefile b/cddl/lib/libdtrace/Makefile
--- a/cddl/lib/libdtrace/Makefile
+++ b/cddl/lib/libdtrace/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.OBJDIR} -I${.CURDIR} \
 		-I${SRCTOP}/sys/cddl/dev/dtrace/${MACHINE_ARCH} \
+		-I${SRCTOP}/sys/cddl/dev/kinst \
 		-I${SRCTOP}/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris \
 		-I${SRCTOP}/cddl/compat/opensolaris/include \
 		-I${OPENSOLARIS_USR_DISTDIR}/head \