diff --git a/net/sunrpc/Kconfig b/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
index 516fe2caac2c..804f4f623ca4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
+++ b/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config SUNRPC
 
 config SUNRPC_GSS
 	tristate
+	select OID_REGISTRY
 
 config SUNRPC_BACKCHANNEL
 	bool
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
index 61d36ce3b366..b822ec5cdc58 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-gss-krb5p");
 MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-gss-390003");
 MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-gss-390004");
 MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-gss-390005");
+MODULE_ALIAS("rpc-auth-gss-1.2.840.113554.1.2.2");
 
 static struct gss_api_mech gss_kerberos_mech = {
 	.gm_name	= "krb5",
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
index 4db66f5f490e..92a72404e6d5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/oid_registry.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/gss_asn1.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/auth_gss.h>
@@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gss_mech_get_by_name);
 static struct gss_api_mech *gss_mech_get_by_OID(struct rpcsec_gss_oid *obj)
 {
 	struct gss_api_mech	*pos, *gm = NULL;
+	char buf[32];
+
+	if (sprint_oid(obj->data, obj->len, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+	dprintk("RPC:       %s(%s)\n", __func__, buf);
+	request_module("rpc-auth-gss-%s", buf);
 
 	spin_lock(&registered_mechs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &registered_mechs, gm_list) {