diff --git a/scripts/dkms.mkconf b/scripts/dkms.mkconf
index 880510abd3..88c289383e 100755
--- a/scripts/dkms.mkconf
+++ b/scripts/dkms.mkconf
@@ -25,7 +25,22 @@ PACKAGE_CONFIG="${pkgcfg}"
 PRE_BUILD="configure
   --prefix=/usr
   --with-config=kernel
-  --with-linux=\${kernel_source_dir}
+  --with-linux=\$(
+    case \`lsb_release -is\` in
+      (Debian|Devuan)
+        if [[ -e \${kernel_source_dir/%build/source} ]]
+        then
+          echo \${kernel_source_dir/%build/source}
+        else
+          # A kpkg exception for Proxmox 2.0
+          echo \${kernel_source_dir}
+        fi
+      ;;
+      (*)
+        echo \${kernel_source_dir}
+      ;;
+    esac
+  )
   --with-linux-obj=\${kernel_source_dir}
   --with-spl=\${source_tree}/spl-\${PACKAGE_VERSION}
   --with-spl-obj=\${dkms_tree}/spl/\${PACKAGE_VERSION}/\${kernelver}/\${arch}