diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index 2557033adc08..7743fdab0b1e 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -275,8 +275,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_SPL], [
 	splsrc0="/var/lib/dkms/spl/${VERSION}/build"
 	splsrc1="/usr/src/spl-${VERSION}/${LINUX_VERSION}"
 	splsrc2="/usr/src/spl-${VERSION}"
-	splsrc3="../spl/"
-	splsrc4="$LINUX"
+	splsrc3="../spl"
+	splsrc4="../../spl"
+	splsrc5="$LINUX"
 
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([spl source directory])
 	AS_IF([test -z "${splsrc}"], [
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_SPL], [
 			splsrc=$(readlink -f "${splsrc3}")
 		], [ test -e "${splsrc4}/spl.release.in" ], [
 			splsrc=${splsrc4}
+		], [ test -e "${splsrc5}/spl.release.in" ], [
+			splsrc=${splsrc5}
 		], [
 			splsrc="[Not found]"
 		])
@@ -327,6 +330,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_SPL], [
 				splbuild="${splsrc}/${LINUX_VERSION}"
 			], [ test -e "${splsrc}/spl_config.h" ], [
 				splbuild="${splsrc}"
+			], [ find -L "${splsrc}" -name spl_config.h 2> /dev/null | grep -wq spl_config.h ], [
+				splbuild=$(find -L "${splsrc}" -name spl_config.h | sed 's,/spl_config.h,,')
 			], [
 				splbuild="[Not found]"
 			])