diff --git a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
index bb789db4d334..90ffc4670a01 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION(IBM_DESC);
 MODULE_VERSION(IBM_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+/* Please remove this in year 2009 */
+MODULE_ALIAS("ibm_acpi");
+
 #define __unused __attribute__ ((unused))
 
 /****************************************************************************