diff --git a/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/Makefile b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/Makefile
index 3e56e911f..ff879738b 100644
--- a/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PLUGIN_NAME=		qemu-guest-agent
-PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.0
+PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.1
 PLUGIN_COMMENT=		QEMU Guest Agent for OPNsense
 PLUGIN_DEPENDS=		qemu-guest-agent
 PLUGIN_MAINTAINER=	opnsense@moov.de
diff --git a/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/pkg-descr b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/pkg-descr
index 2ff691560..12375095f 100644
--- a/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/pkg-descr
+++ b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD
 
 Port homepage https://github.com/aborche/qemu-guest-agent
-
 WWW: http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page
+
+Plugin Changelog
+================
+
+1.1
+
+Fixed:
+* fix service startup by loading required kernel module (#2405)
+
+1.0
+
+* Initial release
diff --git a/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/early/50-qemu-guest-agent b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/early/50-qemu-guest-agent
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..eb8cdd80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emulators/qemu-guest-agent/src/etc/rc.syshook.d/early/50-qemu-guest-agent
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if kldstat -qn virtio_console.ko; then
+  echo "qemu-guest-agent: virtio_console already loaded."
+elif kldload -q virtio_console.ko; then
+  echo "qemu-guest-agent: successfully loaded virtio_console."
+else
+  echo "qemu-guest-agent: failed to load virtio_console."
+fi