Package: kernel-package Version: 13.018 /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz says:
The packages suggested are: devel: gcc, libc5-dev/libc6-dev, binutils, make, and, for intel x86 platforms, bin86 (non-Intel platforms don't need this), modutils (or module-init-tools for 2.5.x+ kernels). IIUC, module-init-tools was replaced by a package called "kmod" some time ago.