From 72996be1fe2b41bcc925db4ebdb483cd9a91ecbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jessica Frazelle <jess@docker.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:02:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] try to modprobe bridge

Signed-off-by: Jessica Frazelle <jess@docker.com>
Upstream-commit: b3867b889960604904a4afbab6450bb9528afe06
Component: engine
---
 components/engine/daemon/networkdriver/bridge/driver.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/networkdriver/bridge/driver.go b/components/engine/daemon/networkdriver/bridge/driver.go
index 80c32c2812..eda4713870 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/networkdriver/bridge/driver.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/networkdriver/bridge/driver.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -113,6 +114,13 @@ func InitDriver(config *Config) error {
 		addrsv6    []net.Addr
 		bridgeIPv6 = "fe80::1/64"
 	)
+
+	// try to modprobe bridge first
+	// see gh#12177
+	if out, err := exec.Command("modprobe", "-va", "bridge", "nf_nat").Output(); err != nil {
+		logrus.Warnf("Running modprobe bridge nf_nat failed with message: %s, error: %v", out, err)
+	}
+
 	initPortMapper()
 
 	if config.DefaultIp != nil {