diff --git a/common/fstab b/common/fstab
index 3bd3474..37b23a9 100644
--- a/common/fstab
+++ b/common/fstab
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /dev/mapper/dmroot /                       ext4 defaults,noatime        1 1
 /dev/xvdb		/rw			ext4	noauto,defaults	0 0
 /dev/xvdc1      swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
+/dev/xvdd       /lib/modules        ext3    defaults,ro 0 0
 tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
 devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
 sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
diff --git a/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec b/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
index d754c36..26d89b1 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
+++ b/rpm_spec/core-commonvm.spec
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes
 cp qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/qubes/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates
 
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/firmware
+ln -s /lib/modules/firmware $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/firmware/updates
+
 %triggerin -- initscripts
 cp /var/lib/qubes/serial.conf /etc/init/serial.conf
 
@@ -236,3 +239,4 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/yum/post-actions/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.action
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_trigger_sync_appmenus.sh
 /usr/lib/qubes/qubes_download_dom0_updates.sh
+/lib/firmware/updates