diff -Naur a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect	2018-11-23 19:04:09.562152712 -0600
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect	2018-11-23 19:08:21.037599155 -0600
@@ -3051,13 +3051,16 @@
 # [2] -> SUBLEVEL
 # [3] -> EXTRAVERSION
 #
-use vars qw($kernel_version @kernel_version $kernel_arch);
+use vars qw($kernel_version @kernel_version $kernel_flavor $kernel_arch);
 
 sub initialize_kernel_version
 {
 	chomp($kernel_version = `uname -r`);
 	$kernel_version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(.*)/;
 	@kernel_version = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
+	if ($kernel_version[3] =~ /-([a-z]+)$/) {
+		chomp($kernel_flavor = $1);
+	}
 	chomp($kernel_arch = `uname -m`);
 
 	# We only support kernels >= 2.6.5
@@ -7303,6 +7306,9 @@
 				print "Warning: the required module $driver is not currently installed\n".
 				      "on your system. Check https://hwmon.wiki.kernel.org/device_support_status for\n".
 				      "driver availability.\n\n";
+				print "You may need to install package kernel-$kernel_flavor-extra for\n".
+				      "lm-sensors to work properly.\n\n" if $kernel_flavor;
+
 			} else {
 				$hwmon_modules{$driver}++
 					unless hwmon_is_autoloaded($driver);