diff --git a/copy-builtin b/copy-builtin
index 02c0926c32..8be8b4381b 100755
--- a/copy-builtin
+++ b/copy-builtin
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ usage()
 KERNEL_DIR="$(readlink --canonicalize-existing "$1")"
 
 MODULES=()
+MODULES+="spl"
 for MODULE_DIR in module/*
 do
 	[ -d "$MODULE_DIR" ] || continue
+	[ "spl" = "${MODULE_DIR##*/}" ] && continue
 	MODULES+=("${MODULE_DIR##*/}")
 done