Let α be an endomorphism of an arbitrary ring R with identity. The aim of this paper is to introduce the notion of an α-rigid module which is an extension of the rigid property in rings and the α-reduced property in modules defined in [8]. The class of α-rigid modules is a new kind of modules which behave like rigid rings. A right R-module M is called \alpha-rigid if ma α(a)=0 implies ma=0 for any m ∈ M and a ∈ R. We investigate some properties of α-rigid modules and among others we also prove that if M[x;α] is a reduced right R[x;α]-module, then M is an α-rigid right R-module. The ring R is α-rigid if and only if every flat right R-module is α-rigid. For a rigid right R-module M, M is α-semicommutative if and only if M[x;α]R[x;\,\alpha] is semicommutative if and only if M\big[[x;α]\big]R[[x;\,\alpha]] is semicommutative.