diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5db90368..2736cbc8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ NEWS
   * [mod_proxy] accept LF delimited headers, not just CRLF (fixes #2594)
   * [core] wait for grandchild to be ready when daemonizing (fixes #2712, thx pasdVn)
   * [core] respond 411 Length Required if request has Transfer-Encoding: chunked (fixes #631)
+  * [core] fixed the loading for default modules if they are specified explicitly
 
 - 1.4.39 - 2016-01-02
   * [core] fix memset_s call (fixes #2698)
diff --git a/src/configfile.c b/src/configfile.c
index 758b5da0..21fc3a4b 100644
--- a/src/configfile.c
+++ b/src/configfile.c
@@ -1177,6 +1177,10 @@ int config_read(server *srv, const char *fn) {
 	if (NULL != (modules = (data_array *)array_get_element(srv->config, "server.modules"))) {
 		data_string *ds;
 		data_array *prepends;
+		int prepend_mod_indexfile = 1;
+		int append_mod_dirlisting = 1;
+		int append_mod_staticfile = 1;
+		size_t i;
 
 		if (modules->type != TYPE_ARRAY) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "server.modules must be an array");
@@ -1186,7 +1190,29 @@ int config_read(server *srv, const char *fn) {
 		prepends = data_array_init();
 
 		/* prepend default modules */
-		if (NULL == array_get_element(modules->value, "mod_indexfile")) {
+		for (i = 0; i < modules->value->used; i++) {
+			ds = (data_string *)modules->value->data[i];
+
+			if (buffer_is_equal_string(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_indexfile"))) {
+				prepend_mod_indexfile = 0;
+			}
+
+			if (buffer_is_equal_string(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_staticfile"))) {
+				append_mod_staticfile = 0;
+			}
+
+			if (buffer_is_equal_string(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_dirlisting"))) {
+				append_mod_dirlisting = 0;
+			}
+
+			if (0 == prepend_mod_indexfile &&
+			    0 == append_mod_dirlisting &&
+			    0 == append_mod_staticfile) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (prepend_mod_indexfile) {
 			ds = data_string_init();
 			buffer_copy_string_len(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_indexfile"));
 			array_insert_unique(prepends->value, (data_unset *)ds);
@@ -1199,13 +1225,13 @@ int config_read(server *srv, const char *fn) {
 		modules = prepends;
 
 		/* append default modules */
-		if (NULL == array_get_element(modules->value, "mod_dirlisting")) {
+		if (append_mod_dirlisting) {
 			ds = data_string_init();
 			buffer_copy_string_len(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_dirlisting"));
 			array_insert_unique(modules->value, (data_unset *)ds);
 		}
 
-		if (NULL == array_get_element(modules->value, "mod_staticfile")) {
+		if (append_mod_staticfile) {
 			ds = data_string_init();
 			buffer_copy_string_len(ds->value, CONST_STR_LEN("mod_staticfile"));
 			array_insert_unique(modules->value, (data_unset *)ds);