diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index da3d6d68..77dd437f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ SVN-HEAD
                           Add SMSC LPC47B367-NC detection (no sensors)
                           Reduce w83781d/lm78 I2C address probing range
                           Drop PCA9540 detection
-                          Add Intel Celeron 4xx and Penryn (CPU on 45nm) detection
+                          Add Intel Celeron 4xx and Penryn (CPU on 45nm)
+                           detection
+                          Improve sysconfig and modprobe.d integration
 
 2.10.5 (20071024)
   File i2c-dev.h: Rename I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_HWPEC_CALC to I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PEC
diff --git a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
index d7449150..f9529551 100755
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
@@ -5834,35 +5834,34 @@ sub main
   }
   print "\n";
 
-  print "I will now generate the commands needed to load the required modules.\n".
-        "Just press ENTER to continue: ";
-  <STDIN>;
-     
-  print "\n";
   my ($modprobes, $configfile) = generate_modprobes 1;	# 1 == prefer ISA
+
   if (defined $configfile) {
-    print "To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to\n".
-          "$modules_conf:\n\n";
-    print "#----cut here----\n".
-          $configfile.
-          "#----cut here----\n\n";
+    my $have_modprobe_d = -d '/etc/modprobe.d';
+    printf "Do you want to \%s /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors? (\%s): ",
+           (-e '/etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors' ? 'overwrite' : 'generate'),
+           ($have_modprobe_d ? 'YES/no' : 'yes/NO');
+    $_ = <STDIN>;
+    if (($have_modprobe_d and not m/^\s*n/i) or m/^\s*y/i) {
+      unless ($have_modprobe_d) {
+        mkdir '/etc/modprobe.d', 0777
+          or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/modprobe.d ($!)";
+      }
+      open(local *MODPROBE_D, ">/etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors")
+        or die "Sorry, can't create /etc/modprobe.d/lm_sensors ($!)";
+      print MODPROBE_D
+        "# Generated by sensors-detect on " . scalar localtime() . "\n";
+      print MODPROBE_D $configfile;
+      close(MODPROBE_D);
+    } else {
+      print "To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to\n".
+            "$modules_conf:\n\n";
+      print "#----cut here----\n".
+            $configfile.
+            "#----cut here----\n\n";
+    }
   }
 
-  print "To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:\n\n";
-  print "#----cut here----\n".
-        $modprobes.
-        "# sleep 2 # optional\n".
-        (-e '/usr/bin/sensors' ?
-          "/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended\n" :
-          "/usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended\n") .
-        "#----cut here----\n\n";
-
-  print "If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will\n".
-        "contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really\n".
-        "should try these commands right now to make sure everything is\n".
-        "working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed\n".
-        "modules are loaded.\n\n";
-  
   my $have_sysconfig = -d '/etc/sysconfig';
   printf "Do you want to \%s /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (\%s): ",
          (-e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors' ? 'overwrite' : 'generate'),
@@ -5919,10 +5918,29 @@ EOT
       $i++;
     }
     print SYSCONFIG $sysconfig;
+    close(SYSCONFIG);
 
     print "Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/init.d/lm_sensors\n".
           "for initialization at boot time.\n"
       unless -f "/etc/init.d/lm_sensors";
+
+    print "You should now start the lm_sensors service to load the required\n".
+          "kernel modules.\n\n";
+  } else {
+    print "To load everything that is needed, add this to e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local:\n\n";
+    print "#----cut here----\n".
+          $modprobes.
+          "# sleep 2 # optional\n".
+          (-e '/usr/bin/sensors' ?
+            "/usr/bin/sensors -s # recommended\n" :
+            "/usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended\n") .
+          "#----cut here----\n\n";
+
+    print "If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will\n".
+          "contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really\n".
+          "should try these commands right now to make sure everything is\n".
+          "working properly. Monitoring programs won't work until the needed\n".
+          "modules are loaded.\n\n";
   }
 }