diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 42589d81..20a041fe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Changes since 1.4.0:
 * Changed EC_MAX_SII_SIZE to 4096.
 * 'ethercat xml' creates valid XML <EtherCATInfoList> for more than one slave
   (thanks to E. Burgstaller).
+* Module symbol versions file for ec_master.ko is installed to
+  prefix/modules/ec_master.symvers.
 
 Changes in 1.4.0:
 
diff --git a/master/Makefile.am b/master/Makefile.am
index 5fe082bb..52220515 100644
--- a/master/Makefile.am
+++ b/master/Makefile.am
@@ -81,4 +81,13 @@ modules_install:
 clean-local:
 	$(MAKE) -C "$(LINUX_SOURCE_DIR)" M="@abs_srcdir@" clean
 
+modulesdir=@prefix@/modules
+SYMVERS=`echo $(top_builddir)/Module*.symvers`
+
+install-data-local:
+	@test -n "$(SYMVERS)" && \
+		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(modulesdir) && \
+		cp -vf $(SYMVERS) \
+			$(DESTDIR)$(modulesdir)/ec_master.symvers
+
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