diff --git a/kpatch/kpatch b/kpatch/kpatch
index 4eff2161..d75bd068 100755
--- a/kpatch/kpatch
+++ b/kpatch/kpatch
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 
 INSTALLDIR=/var/lib/kpatch
 SCRIPTDIR="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$(type -p "$0")")")"
+if command -v readelf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	get_module_section_string() {
+		readelf -p "$2" "$1" | grep '\[.*\]' | awk '{print $3}'
+	}
+else
+	get_module_section_string() {
+		eu-readelf --string-dump="$2" "$1" | awk 'NF>=3 && /^\s*\[/ {print $3; exit}'
+	}
+fi
 VERSION="0.9.11"
 POST_ENABLE_WAIT=15	# seconds
 POST_SIGNAL_WAIT=60	# seconds
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ core_loaded () {
 }
 
 get_module_name () {
-	readelf -p .gnu.linkonce.this_module "$1" | grep '\[.*\]' | awk '{print $3}'
+	get_module_section_string "$1" .gnu.linkonce.this_module
 }
 
 init_sysfs_var() {
@@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ verify_module_checksum () {
 	modname="$(get_module_name "$1")"
 	[[ -z "$modname" ]] && return 1
 
-	checksum="$(readelf -p .kpatch.checksum "$1" 2>&1 | grep '\[.*\]' | awk '{print $3}')"
+	checksum="$(get_module_section_string "$1" .kpatch.checksum 2>/dev/null)"
 
 	# Fail checksum match only if both exist and diverge
 	if [[ -n "$checksum" ]] && [[ -e "$SYSFS/${modname}/checksum" ]] ; then