diff --git a/packages/initramfs/devel/eglibc-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/devel/eglibc-initramfs/install
index fff49ebbbd..c21348ba4a 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/devel/eglibc-initramfs/install
+++ b/packages/initramfs/devel/eglibc-initramfs/install
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib
   cp $EGLIBC_DIR/objdir-eglibc/elf/ld*.so.* $INSTALL/lib
   cp $EGLIBC_DIR/objdir-eglibc/libc.so.6 $INSTALL/lib
   cp $EGLIBC_DIR/objdir-eglibc/math/libm.so.6 $INSTALL/lib
+  cp $EGLIBC_DIR/objdir-eglibc/nptl/libpthread.so.0 $INSTALL/lib
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/meta
index a7cd1ce35f..f251010baa 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 plymouth-lite"
+PKG_DEPENDS="eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs plymouth-lite e2fsprogs-initramfs util-linux-initramfs"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain eglibc-initramfs busybox-initramfs plymouth-lite"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="initramfs"
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 if [ "$HFSTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS diskdev_cmds-initramfs util-linux-initramfs"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS diskdev_cmds-initramfs"
 fi
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
index 272e82f227..3a64d74d67 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/bin
   ln -sf busybox $INSTALL/bin/sh
   chmod 4755 $INSTALL/bin/busybox
 
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+  touch $INSTALL/etc/fstab
+  ln -sf /proc/self/mounts $INSTALL/etc/mtab
+
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/dev
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/proc
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/sys
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..28e889166e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/install
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+E2FSPROGS_DIR="$BUILD/e2fsprogs-*"
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+  cp $E2FSPROGS_DIR/misc/mke2fs.conf $INSTALL/etc
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
+  cp $E2FSPROGS_DIR/e2fsck/e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin
+    ln -sf e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.ext2
+    ln -sf e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.ext3
+    ln -sf e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.ext4
+    ln -sf e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin/fsck.ext4dev
+  cp $E2FSPROGS_DIR/misc/fsck $INSTALL/sbin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/e2p/libe2p.so.* $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/libe2p.so.[0-9] $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/et/libcom_err.so.* $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/libcom_err.so.[0-9] $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/ext2fs/libext2fs.so.* $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -P $E2FSPROGS_DIR/lib/libext2fs.so.[0-9] $INSTALL/lib
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/meta b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00c440b1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/e2fsprogs-initramfs/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="e2fsprogs-initramfs"
+PKG_VERSION=""
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS="util-linux-initramfs"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain e2fsprogs"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="e2fsprogs: Utilities for use with the ext2 filesystem"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The filesystem utilities for the EXT2 filesystem, including e2fsck, mke2fs, dumpe2fs, fsck, and others."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"