diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
index 25f9956a6918..9c9b2a6e63c6 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libdtrace/common/dt_open.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,17 @@ dt_vopen(int version, int flags, int *errp,
 
 	dtfd = open("/dev/dtrace/dtrace", O_RDWR);
 	err = errno; /* save errno from opening dtfd */
-
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+	/*
+	 * Automatically load the 'dtraceall' module if we couldn't open the
+	 * char device.
+	 */
+	if (err == ENOENT && modfind("dtraceall") < 0) {
+		kldload("dtraceall"); /* ignore the error */
+		dtfd = open("/dev/dtrace/dtrace", O_RDWR);
+		err = errno;
+	}
+#endif
 #if defined(sun)
 	ftfd = open("/dev/dtrace/provider/fasttrap", O_RDWR);
 #else