diff --git a/src/ModuleManager.cpp b/src/ModuleManager.cpp
index 1bdc984f9..0de3f7f94 100755
--- a/src/ModuleManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ModuleManager.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ wxWindow * MakeHijackPanel()
 static tpRegScriptServerFunc scriptFn;
 
 Module::Module(const FilePath & name)
+   : mName{ name }
 {
-   mName = name;
    mLib = std::make_unique<wxDynamicLibrary>();
    mDispatch = NULL;
 }
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ bool Module::Load(wxString &deferredErrorMessage)
    auto ShortName = wxFileName(mName).GetName();
 
    if (!mLib->Load(mName, wxDL_NOW | wxDL_QUIET | wxDL_GLOBAL)) {
+      // For this failure path, only, there is a possiblity of retrial
+      // after some other dependency of this module is loaded.  So the
+      // error is not immediately reported.
       deferredErrorMessage = wxString(wxSysErrorMsg());
       return false;
    }
@@ -265,7 +268,8 @@ void ModuleManager::FindModules(FilePaths &files)
    #endif
 }
 
-void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files)
+void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(
+   const FilePaths &files, FilePaths &decided, DelayedErrors &errors)
 {
    FilePaths checked;
    wxString saveOldCWD = ::wxGetCwd();
@@ -284,6 +288,10 @@ void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files)
          continue;
       checked.Add( ShortName );
 
+      // Skip if a previous pass through this function decided it already
+      if( decided.Index( ShortName, false ) != wxNOT_FOUND )
+         continue;
+
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_MODULE_PREFS
       int iModuleStatus = ModulePrefs::GetModuleStatus( file );
       if( iModuleStatus == kModuleDisabled )
@@ -323,6 +331,7 @@ void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files)
          }
 #endif
          if(action == 1){   // "No"
+            decided.Add( ShortName );
             continue;
          }
       }
@@ -336,6 +345,7 @@ void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files)
       auto umodule = std::make_unique<Module>(file);
          if (umodule->Load(Error))   // it will get rejected if there are version problems
       {
+         decided.Add( ShortName );
          auto module = umodule.get();
 
          {
@@ -376,7 +386,11 @@ void ModuleManager::TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files)
          }
       }
       else if (!Error.empty()) {
-         umodule->ShowLoadFailureError(Error);
+         // Module is not yet decided in this pass.
+         // Maybe it depends on another which has not yet been loaded.
+         // But don't take the kModuleAsk path again in a later pass.
+         ModulePrefs::SetModuleStatus( file, kModuleEnabled );
+         errors.emplace_back( std::move( umodule ), Error );
       }
    }
 }
@@ -387,7 +401,25 @@ void ModuleManager::Initialize()
    FilePaths files;
    FindModules(files);
 
-   TryLoadModules(files);
+   FilePaths decided;
+   DelayedErrors errors;
+   size_t numDecided = 0;
+
+   // Multiple passes give modules multiple chances to load in case they
+   // depend on some other module not yet loaded
+   do {
+      numDecided = decided.size();
+      errors.clear();
+      TryLoadModules(files, decided, errors);
+   }
+   while ( errors.size() && numDecided < decided.size() );
+
+   // Only now show accumulated errors of modules that failed to load
+   for ( const auto &pair : errors ) {
+      auto &pModule = pair.first;
+      pModule->ShowLoadFailureError(pair.second);
+      ModulePrefs::SetModuleStatus( pModule->GetName(), kModuleFailed );
+   }
 
    // After loading all the modules, we may have a registered scripting function.
    if(scriptFn)
diff --git a/src/ModuleManager.h b/src/ModuleManager.h
index 75957fc11..890143796 100644
--- a/src/ModuleManager.h
+++ b/src/ModuleManager.h
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ public:
    bool HasDispatch() { return mDispatch != NULL; };
    int Dispatch(ModuleDispatchTypes type);
    void * GetSymbol(const wxString &name);
+   const FilePath &GetName() const { return mName; }
 
 private:
-   FilePath mName;
+   const FilePath mName;
    std::unique_ptr<wxDynamicLibrary> mLib;
    fnModuleDispatch mDispatch;
 };
@@ -78,7 +79,10 @@ public:
    
 private:
    static void FindModules(FilePaths &files);
-   static void TryLoadModules(const FilePaths &files);
+   using DelayedErrors =
+      std::vector< std::pair< std::unique_ptr<Module>, wxString > >;
+   static void TryLoadModules(
+      const FilePaths &files, FilePaths &decided, DelayedErrors &errors);
 
 public:
    void Initialize();