diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c959e5ab3..634a99d08 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ set(LIBFASTFETCH_SRC
     src/util/base64.c
     src/util/FFlist.c
     src/util/FFstrbuf.c
+    src/util/kernelMod.c
     src/util/path.c
     src/util/platform/FFPlatform.c
     src/util/smbiosHelper.c
diff --git a/src/detection/tpm/tpm_bsd.c b/src/detection/tpm/tpm_bsd.c
index f51adb8ad..53dbba539 100644
--- a/src/detection/tpm/tpm_bsd.c
+++ b/src/detection/tpm/tpm_bsd.c
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #include "tpm.h"
 #include "common/sysctl.h"
-
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <sys/module.h>
+#include "util/kernelMod.h"
 
 const char* ffDetectTPM(FFTPMResult* result)
 {
     if (ffSysctlGetString("dev.tpmcrb.0.%desc", &result->description) != NULL)
     {
-        if (modfind("tpm") < 0) return "TPM kernel module is not loaded";
+        if (ffKernelModLoaded("tpm")) return "`tpm` kernel module is not loaded";
         return "TPM device is not found";
     }
 
diff --git a/src/detection/zpool/zpool_linux.c b/src/detection/zpool/zpool_linux.c
index c183c3785..dcbdbfd90 100644
--- a/src/detection/zpool/zpool_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/zpool/zpool_linux.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "zpool.h"
 
 #ifdef FF_HAVE_LIBZFS
+#include "util/kernelMod.h"
 
 #ifdef __sun
 #define FF_DISABLE_DLOPEN
@@ -82,7 +83,11 @@ const char* ffDetectZpool(FFlist* result /* list of FFZpoolResult */)
     FF_LIBRARY_LOAD_SYMBOL_MESSAGE(libzfs, libzfs_init);
 
     libzfs_handle_t* handle = fflibzfs_init();
-    if (!handle) return "libzfs_init() failed";
+    if (!handle)
+    {
+        if (!ffKernelModLoaded("zfs")) return "`zfs` kernel module is not loaded";
+        return "libzfs_init() failed";
+    }
 
     __attribute__((__cleanup__(cleanLibzfs))) FFZfsData data = {
         .handle = handle,
diff --git a/src/util/kernelMod.c b/src/util/kernelMod.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94e11ec70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/kernelMod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "kernelMod.h"
+
+#if __linux__
+#include "common/io/io.h"
+
+bool ffKernelModLoaded(const char* modName)
+{
+    static FFstrbuf modules;
+    if (modules.chars == NULL)
+    {
+        ffStrbufInitS(&modules, "\n");
+        ffAppendFileBuffer("/proc/modules", &modules);
+    }
+
+    if (modules.length == 0) return false;
+
+    uint32_t len = (uint32_t) strlen(modName);
+    if (len > 250) return false;
+
+    char temp[256];
+    temp[0] = '\n';
+    memcpy(temp + 1, modName, len);
+    temp[1 + len] = ' ';
+    return memmem(modules.chars, modules.length, temp, len + 2) != NULL;
+}
+#elif __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/module.h>
+
+bool ffKernelModLoaded(const char* modName)
+{
+    return modfind(modName) >= 0;
+}
+#else
+bool ffKernelModLoaded(FF_MAYBE_UNUSED const char* modName)
+{
+    return true; // Don't generate kernel module related errors
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/util/kernelMod.h b/src/util/kernelMod.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74f6f9292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/kernelMod.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "fastfetch.h"
+
+bool ffKernelModLoaded(const char* modName);