diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/kernel_modules_unload.yml b/changelogs/fragments/kernel_modules_unload.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..391b936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/kernel_modules_unload.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - Add option to unload kernel modules prior to running leapp upgrade (kernel_modules_to_unload_before_upgrade).
+...
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/README.md b/roles/upgrade/README.md
index 2cb0b90..a597eca 100644
--- a/roles/upgrade/README.md
+++ b/roles/upgrade/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Additionally a list of any non-Red Hat RPM packages that were installed on the s
 | async_poll_interval     | 60                    | Variable used to set the asynchronous task polling internal value (in seconds)
 | check_leapp_analysis_results| true              | Allows for running remediation and going straight to upgrade without re-running analysis. |
 | post_upgrade_update     | true                   | Boolean to decide if after the upgrade is performed a dnf update will run|
+| kernel_modules_to_unload_before_upgrade | []    | A list of kernel modules to be unloaded prior to running leapp. |
 
 ## Satellite variables
 
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/defaults/main.yml b/roles/upgrade/defaults/main.yml
index 2e64c97..b57d629 100644
--- a/roles/upgrade/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/upgrade/defaults/main.yml
@@ -127,4 +127,5 @@ async_poll_interval: 60
 
 check_leapp_analysis_results: true
 
+kernel_modules_to_unload_before_upgrade: []
 ...
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml b/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
index a296233..5f286a0 100644
--- a/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
+++ b/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
     "{{ repo_files_to_remove_at_upgrade }}"
   when: leapp_upgrade_type == "custom"
 
+- name: leapp-upgrade | Include rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
+  loop: "{{ kernel_modules_to_unload_before_upgrade }}"
+
 - name: leapp-upgrade | Block to rescue leapp failures to collect errors
   block:
     - name: leapp-upgrade | Start Leapp OS upgrade
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/tasks/redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade.yml b/roles/upgrade/tasks/redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade.yml
index 79de917..5b854ad 100644
--- a/roles/upgrade/tasks/redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade.yml
+++ b/roles/upgrade/tasks/redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
     state: present
   when: leapp_upgrade_type == "custom"
 
+- name: redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade | Include rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
+  loop: "{{ kernel_modules_to_unload_before_upgrade }}"
+
 # --cleanup-post removes Red Hat signed RHEL 6 packages and in theory should be safe.
 - name: redhat-upgrade-tool-upgrade | Run redhat-upgrade-tool
   ansible.builtin.shell: >
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/tasks/rmmod-kernel-modules.yml b/roles/upgrade/tasks/rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fd52bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/upgrade/tasks/rmmod-kernel-modules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- name: rmmod-kernel-modules | Unload module {{ item }}
+  community.general.modprobe:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+
+...