diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index b76a8685b5b5ae96073d1c54a3e03878141d6d55..f11255e1ea3571cb35e4ce0ff1c5b68605bbec73 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -298,5 +298,8 @@ do {							\
 	local_bh_enable();				\
 } while (0)
 
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER(helper) \
+        MODULE_ALIAS("nfct-helper-" helper)
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _NF_CONNTRACK_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
index 38aedeeaf4e1cb71100c726d42a9f21b3618ef74..4f8fcf498545f302105535bfebaf34b9755908fe 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_amanda.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Brian J. Murrell <netfilter@interlinx.bc.ca>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Amanda connection tracking module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_amanda");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("amanda");
 
 module_param(master_timeout, uint, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(master_timeout, "timeout for the master connection");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c
index 629500901bd4d1eb5f2e05a03939ef06c24f2d62..703a4378074acf5a3dc837918b50f322b1348bef 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ftp.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ftp connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_ftp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("ftp");
 
 /* This is slow, but it's simple. --RR */
 static char *ftp_buffer;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
index 99bc803d1dd14ae9e30dc83f53e1f5ae147c2ce2..687bd633c3d7020c277ba0f25b6e3033fd5053c7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_h323_main.c
@@ -1827,3 +1827,4 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Jing Min Zhao <zhaojingmin@users.sourceforge.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H.323 connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_h323");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("h323");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index 4d681a04447e4792d5371984975042c0612df345..409c8be58e7c3fe097ceacc47c37ffb8092a155a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IRC (DCC) connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_irc");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("irc");
 
 module_param_array(ports, ushort, &ports_c, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ports, "port numbers of IRC servers");
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
index 08404e6755fb15064ab086d3229a34cc9139ce3d..5af4273b4668c3bf53b0ea1dc1937ed973831610 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netbios_ns.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NetBIOS name service broadcast connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_netbios_ns");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("netbios_ns");
 
 static unsigned int timeout __read_mostly = 3;
 module_param(timeout, uint, 0400);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c
index 1bc3001d182773e33872081d4b40fc7bf6f4e95d..9e169ef2e85443eaff5c8224ccbeaad1d0f4a202 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_pptp.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Netfilter connection tracking helper module for PPTP");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_pptp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("pptp");
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nf_pptp_lock);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sane.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sane.c
index a94294b2b23ca71f2bfc30e3b88dc7dea962c373..dcfecbb81c4617784178009bc02de37b9a32cb00 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sane.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sane.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SANE connection tracking helper");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("sane");
 
 static char *sane_buffer;
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 6813f1c8863f245ac84ffc7ad3a1b9e36c8e5cd3..4b572163784b338b1efa430713e1ae73d5da38b2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christian Hentschel <chentschel@arnet.com.ar>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SIP connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_sip");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("sip");
 
 #define MAX_PORTS	8
 static unsigned short ports[MAX_PORTS];
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tftp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tftp.c
index f57f6e7a71ee4e9e6913d7646dddfc8607ebe746..46e646b2e9b922ff1210ff06c835f32538f0d0c7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tftp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tftp.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Magnus Boden <mb@ozaba.mine.nu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TFTP connection tracking helper");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ip_conntrack_tftp");
+MODULE_ALIAS_NFCT_HELPER("tftp");
 
 #define MAX_PORTS 8
 static unsigned short ports[MAX_PORTS];