diff --git a/target/linux/x86/64/target.mk b/target/linux/x86/64/target.mk
index ac636b77c111caceeacc0ff367d0296dd7d578db..1f22eb3934b7f3faefbbc2f51e70d2359db3c686 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/x86/64/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARCH:=x86_64
 BOARDNAME:=x86_64
-DEFAULT_PACKAGES += kmod-e1000 kmod-r8169
+DEFAULT_PACKAGES += kmod-e1000e kmod-e1000 kmod-r8169
 ARCH_PACKAGES:=x86_64
 MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>