diff --git a/battery/dkms/Makefile b/battery/dkms/Makefile
index 31cca1c..9f3e4a8 100644
--- a/battery/dkms/Makefile
+++ b/battery/dkms/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 
 obj-m += oneUpPower.o
 
+# KVERSION is the kernel to build for. DKMS passes the *target* kernel via
+# the MAKE directive in dkms.conf; default to the running kernel so a plain
+# `make` still works for a manual build.
+KVERSION ?= $(shell uname -r)
+
 all:
-	make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD)/src modules
+	make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD)/src modules
 clean:
-	make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD)/src clean
+	make -C /lib/modules/$(KVERSION)/build M=$(PWD)/src clean
 
 .PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/battery/dkms/dkms.conf b/battery/dkms/dkms.conf
index 8d6ae8f..8550a59 100644
--- a/battery/dkms/dkms.conf
+++ b/battery/dkms/dkms.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME="oneUpPower"
 PACKAGE_VERSION="1.0"
-MAKE="make -f ./src/Makefile"
-CLEAN="make -f ./src/Makefile clean"
+MAKE="make -f ./src/Makefile KVERSION=${kernelver}"
+CLEAN="make -f ./src/Makefile clean KVERSION=${kernelver}"
 BUILT_MODULE_NAME="oneUpPower"
 BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION="./src/"
 DEST_MODULE_LOCATION="/kernel/drivers/power/supply/"
 AUTOINSTALL="yes"
 POST_INSTALL="./postinstall"
-