diff --git a/ifupdown2/ifupdown/ifupdownmain.py b/ifupdown2/ifupdown/ifupdownmain.py
index 51f54609..e6622f07 100644
--- a/ifupdown2/ifupdown/ifupdownmain.py
+++ b/ifupdown2/ifupdown/ifupdownmain.py
@@ -1540,7 +1540,9 @@ def load_scripts(self, modules_dir):
             try:
                 module_list = os.listdir(msubdir)
                 for module in module_list:
-                    if self.modules.get(module) or module in self.overridden_ifupdown_scripts:
+                    if (self.modules.get(module)
+                        or module in self.overridden_ifupdown_scripts
+                        or utils.is_dpkg_file(module)):
                         continue
                     self.script_ops[op].append(msubdir + '/' + module)
             except Exception:
diff --git a/ifupdown2/ifupdown/utils.py b/ifupdown2/ifupdown/utils.py
index 0d0732b3..f33764a6 100644
--- a/ifupdown2/ifupdown/utils.py
+++ b/ifupdown2/ifupdown/utils.py
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ def strip_hwaddress(hwaddress):
         # what we have in the cache (data retrieved via a netlink dump by
         # nlmanager). nlmanager return all macs in lower-case
 
+    _dpkg_suffixes = (".dpkg-old", ".dpkg-dist", ".dpkg-new", ".dpkg-tmp")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_dpkg_file(name):
+        return any(name.endswith(suffix) for suffix in utils._dpkg_suffixes)
+
     @classmethod
     def importName(cls, modulename, name):
         """ Import a named object """