diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig
index 9e22ea1f8c54..cf52577349a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig
@@ -564,11 +564,14 @@ config COMEDI_S526
 endif # COMEDI_ISA_DRIVERS
 
 menuconfig COMEDI_PCI_DRIVERS
-	bool "Comedi PCI drivers"
+	tristate "Comedi PCI drivers"
 	depends on PCI
 	---help---
 	  Enable support for comedi PCI drivers.
 
+	  To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will
+	  be called comedi_pci.
+
 if COMEDI_PCI_DRIVERS
 
 config COMEDI_8255_PCI
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/Makefile b/drivers/staging/comedi/Makefile
index e28eaeb598be..7f9dfb3923ab 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_COMEDI_DEBUG)		:= -DDEBUG
 
 comedi-y				:= comedi_fops.o range.o drivers.o \
 					   comedi_buf.o
-comedi-$(CONFIG_COMEDI_PCI_DRIVERS)	+= comedi_pci.o
 comedi-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= proc.o
 comedi-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)			+= comedi_compat32.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_COMEDI_PCI_DRIVERS)	+= comedi_pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMEDI_PCMCIA_DRIVERS)	+= comedi_pcmcia.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMEDI_USB_DRIVERS)	+= comedi_usb.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pci.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pci.c
index aa0795a2660e..6ba59c977006 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_pci.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
@@ -168,3 +169,18 @@ void comedi_pci_driver_unregister(struct comedi_driver *comedi_driver,
 	comedi_driver_unregister(comedi_driver);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(comedi_pci_driver_unregister);
+
+static int __init comedi_pci_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(comedi_pci_init);
+
+static void __exit comedi_pci_exit(void)
+{
+}
+module_exit(comedi_pci_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("http://www.comedi.org");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Comedi PCI interface module");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");