diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index d1b71b7519..6bec74fc11 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ show_config() {
 if [ "$SWAP_SUPPORT" = "yes" ]; then
   config_message="$config_message\n - Swapfile default size:\t\t $SWAPFILESIZE"
 fi
+  config_message="$config_message\n - exFAT Support (via Fuse):\t\t $EXFAT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - NTFS Support (via Fuse):\t\t $NTFS3G"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Install HFS Tools:\t\t\t $HFSTOOLS"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/build b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..239c3fa985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+export CCFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+scons
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/install b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3dec3031ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/install
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/fuse/mount.exfat-fuse $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/meta b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..506f1e27b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="fuse-exfat"
+PKG_VERSION="0.9.7"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/exfat"
+PKG_URL="http://exfat.googlecode.com/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="fuse"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain scons fuse"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="fuse-exfat: aims to provide a full-featured exFAT file system implementation for GNU/Linux other Unix-like systems as a FUSE module."
+PKG_LONGDESC="This project aims to provide a full-featured exFAT file system implementation for GNU/Linux other Unix-like systems as a FUSE module."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/projects/ATV/options b/projects/ATV/options
index 7d7c5959a5..1a7636a719 100755
--- a/projects/ATV/options
+++ b/projects/ATV/options
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="no"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Fusion/options b/projects/Fusion/options
index 22fca5c04c..7dada6f1d7 100755
--- a/projects/Fusion/options
+++ b/projects/Fusion/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 113ad29a8a..9178b88a02 100755
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic_OSS/options b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
index d607858b74..3c2a37f7c7 100755
--- a/projects/Generic_OSS/options
+++ b/projects/Generic_OSS/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index 4e8aaf30a1..481c65b584 100755
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Intel/options b/projects/Intel/options
index f16a963da5..0d6a33fd29 100755
--- a/projects/Intel/options
+++ b/projects/Intel/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index 5fb41ac224..cb542ef4d9 100755
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="no"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Ultra/options b/projects/Ultra/options
index 4e7cce2eff..0142f40c31 100755
--- a/projects/Ultra/options
+++ b/projects/Ultra/options
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/projects/Virtual/options b/projects/Virtual/options
index f9d5908718..b23cbe75aa 100755
--- a/projects/Virtual/options
+++ b/projects/Virtual/options
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@
 # build and install powermanagement support (upower) (yes / no)
   UPOWER="yes"
 
+# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
+  EXFAT="yes"
+
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index d02ffc9572..42b77d10e2 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ IMAGE_NAME="$DISTRONAME-$TARGET_VERSION"
   [ "$UPOWER" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install upower
   [ "$UPOWER" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install ConsoleKit
 
+# NTFS 3G support
+  [ "$EXFAT" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install fuse-exfat
+
 # NTFS 3G support
   [ "$NTFS3G" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs