diff --git a/pkg/util/kernel/find_headers.go b/pkg/util/kernel/find_headers.go
index 245e582bad16b..e505ef432d6e8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kernel/find_headers.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kernel/find_headers.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const kernelModulesPath = "/lib/modules/%s/build"
 const debKernelModulesPath = "/lib/modules/%s/source"
 const cosKernelModulesPath = "/usr/src/linux-headers-%s"
 const centosKernelModulesPath = "/usr/src/kernels/%s"
+const opensuseKernelDevelPath = "/usr/src/linux-%s"
+const opensuseKernelFlavorDevelPath = "/usr/src/linux-%s-obj"
 
 var versionCodeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^#define[\t ]+LINUX_VERSION_CODE[\t ]+(\d+)$`)
 
@@ -366,12 +368,25 @@ func getDefaultHeaderDirs() []string {
 		return []string{}
 	}
 
-	return []string{
+	paths := []string{
 		fmt.Sprintf(kernelModulesPath, hi),
 		fmt.Sprintf(debKernelModulesPath, hi),
 		fmt.Sprintf(cosKernelModulesPath, hi),
 		fmt.Sprintf(centosKernelModulesPath, hi),
 	}
+
+	// opensuse special case
+	flavourIndex := strings.LastIndex(hi, "-")
+	if flavourIndex != -1 {
+		opensuseKernelRelease := hi[:flavourIndex]
+		paths = append(
+			paths,
+			fmt.Sprintf(opensuseKernelDevelPath, opensuseKernelRelease),
+			fmt.Sprintf(opensuseKernelFlavorDevelPath, opensuseKernelRelease),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return paths
 }
 
 func getDownloadedHeaderDirs(headerDownloadDir string) []string {