diff --git a/packages/initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/meta
index 390767d972..d0432d1b4b 100644
--- a/packages/initramfs/meta
+++ b/packages/initramfs/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS="eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs linux-initramfs plymouth-lite diskdev_cmds-initramfs"
+PKG_DEPENDS="eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs linux-initramfs plymouth-lite diskdev_cmds-initramfs dosfstools-initramfs"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="initramfs"
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a6f700fede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/install
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/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 $1
+
+DOSFSTOOLS_DIR="$BUILD/dosfstools-*"
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
+  cp $DOSFSTOOLS_DIR/dosfsck $INSTALL/sbin
+    ln -sf dosfsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.vfat
+    ln -sf dosfsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.msdos
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc66bfbb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/dosfstools-initramfs/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="dosfstools-initramfs"
+PKG_VERSION=""
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://daniel-baumann.ch/software/dosfstools/"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dosfstools"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="dosfstools: utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems."
+PKG_LONGDESC="dosfstools contains utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"