--- sysctl.8
+++ sysctl.8	2012-06-04 10:27:39.048010081 +0000
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Print value without new line.
 \fB\-\-system\fR
 Load settings from all system configuration files.
 .br
+/boot/sysctl.conf-<kernelversion>
+.br
 /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
 .br
 /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
--- sysctl.c
+++ sysctl.c	2012-06-04 10:29:12.944010410 +0000
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "c.h"
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@ static int sortpairs(const void *A, cons
 static int PreloadSystem(void)
 {
 	unsigned di, i;
+	struct utsname uts;
 	const char *dirs[] = {
 		"/run/sysctl.d",
 		"/etc/sysctl.d",
@@ -631,6 +633,16 @@ static int PreloadSystem(void)
 	}
 	qsort(cfgs, ncfgs, sizeof(struct cfg *), sortpairs);
 
+	if (uname(&uts) == 0) {
+		char buf[PATH_MAX];
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/boot/sysctl.conf-%s", uts.release);
+		if (access(buf, R_OK) == 0) {
+			if (!Quiet)
+				printf("* Applying %s ...\n", buf);
+			Preload(buf);
+		}
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ncfgs; ++i) {
 		if (!Quiet)
 			printf(_("* Applying %s ...\n"), cfgs[i]->value);