diff --git a/common/config b/common/config
index 1ba8d96c..37b66d31 100644
--- a/common/config
+++ b/common/config
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ case "$HOSTOS" in
 	export E2FSCK_PROG=$(type -P e2fsck)
 	export TUNE2FS_PROG=$(type -P tune2fs)
 	export FSCK_OVERLAY_PROG=$(type -P fsck.overlay)
+	export FUSE2FS=$(type -P fuse2fs)
         ;;
 esac
 
@@ -470,6 +471,11 @@ _check_device()
 			_fatal "common/config: $name ($dev) is not a character device"
 		fi
 		;;
+	fuse.ext4)
+		if [ ! -b "$dev" ] && [ ! -f "$dev" ]; then
+			__fatal "common/config: $name ($dev) is not a block device nor a regular file"
+		fi
+		;;
 	*)
 		_fatal "common/config: $name ($dev) is not a block device or a network filesystem"
 	esac
diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index 90dc3002..2f5a3463 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ case "$FSTYP" in
 
 	 . ./common/btrfs
 	 ;;
+    fuse.ext4)
+	 [ "$FUSE2FS" = "" ] && _fatal "fuse2fs not found"
+	 [ "$MKFS_EXT4_PROG" = "" ] && _fatal "mkfs.ext4 not found"
+	 ;;
     ext4)
 	 [ "$MKFS_EXT4_PROG" = "" ] && _fatal "mkfs.ext4 not found"
 	 ;;
@@ -170,6 +174,22 @@ _mount()
     $MOUNT_PROG `_mount_ops_filter $*`
 }
 
+_mount_fstyp()
+{
+	ret=0
+	case "$FSTYP" in
+		fuse.ext4)
+			$FUSE2FS `_mount_ops_filter $*` 2>&1> /dev/null
+			ret=$?
+			;;
+		*)
+			_mount -t $FSTYP $*
+			ret=$?
+			;;
+	esac
+	return $ret
+}
+
 # Call _mount to do mount operation but also save mountpoint to
 # MOUNTED_POINT_STACK. Note that the mount point must be the last parameter
 _get_mount()
@@ -305,7 +325,7 @@ _supports_filetype()
 	xfs)
 		$XFS_INFO_PROG $dir | grep -q "ftype=1"
 		;;
-	ext2|ext3|ext4)
+	ext2|ext3|ext4|fuse.ext4)
 		local dev=`$DF_PROG $dir | tail -1 | $AWK_PROG '{print $1}'`
 		tune2fs -l $dev | grep -q filetype
 		;;
@@ -328,7 +348,7 @@ _try_scratch_mount()
 		_overlay_scratch_mount $*
 		return $?
 	fi
-	_mount -t $FSTYP `_scratch_mount_options $*`
+	_mount_fstyp `_scratch_mount_options $*`
 }
 
 # mount scratch device with given options and _fail if mount fails
@@ -400,7 +420,7 @@ _test_mount()
         return $?
     fi
     _test_options mount
-    _mount -t $FSTYP $TEST_OPTIONS $TEST_FS_MOUNT_OPTS $SELINUX_MOUNT_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV $TEST_DIR
+    _mount_fstyp $TEST_OPTIONS $TEST_FS_MOUNT_OPTS $SELINUX_MOUNT_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV $TEST_DIR
 }
 
 _test_unmount()
@@ -610,6 +630,9 @@ _test_mkfs()
     btrfs)
         $MKFS_BTRFS_PROG $MKFS_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV > /dev/null
 	;;
+    fuse.ext4)
+	$MKFS_PROG -t ext4 -- -F $MKFS_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV
+	;;
     ext2|ext3|ext4)
 	$MKFS_PROG -t $FSTYP -- -F $MKFS_OPTIONS $* $TEST_DEV
 	;;
@@ -641,7 +664,7 @@ _mkfs_dev()
     btrfs)
         $MKFS_BTRFS_PROG $MKFS_OPTIONS $* 2>$tmp.mkfserr 1>$tmp.mkfsstd
 	;;
-    ext2|ext3|ext4)
+    ext2|ext3|ext4|fuse.ext4)
 	$MKFS_PROG -t $FSTYP -- -F $MKFS_OPTIONS $* \
 		2>$tmp.mkfserr 1>$tmp.mkfsstd
 	;;
@@ -709,7 +732,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs()
 		$UBIUPDATEVOL_PROG ${SCRATCH_DEV} -t
 		return 0
 		;;
-	ext4)
+	ext4|fuse.ext4)
 		_scratch_mkfs_ext4 $*
 		return $?
 		;;
@@ -906,7 +929,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs_sized()
     xfs)
 	def_blksz=`echo $MKFS_OPTIONS|sed -rn 's/.*-b ?size= ?+([0-9]+).*/\1/p'`
 	;;
-    ext2|ext3|ext4|ext4dev|udf|btrfs|reiser4|ocfs2|reiserfs)
+    ext2|ext3|ext4|ext4dev|udf|btrfs|reiser4|ocfs2|reiserfs|fuse.ext4)
 	def_blksz=`echo $MKFS_OPTIONS| sed -rn 's/.*-b ?+([0-9]+).*/\1/p'`
 	;;
     jfs)
@@ -943,6 +966,9 @@ _scratch_mkfs_sized()
 		_scratch_mkfs_xfs -d size=$fssize -b size=$blocksize
 	fi
 	;;
+    fuse.ext4)
+	${MKFS_PROG}.ext4 -F $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV $blocks
+	;;
     ext2|ext3|ext4|ext4dev)
 	${MKFS_PROG}.$FSTYP -F $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV $blocks
 	;;
@@ -1020,7 +1046,7 @@ _scratch_mkfs_geom()
     xfs)
 	MKFS_OPTIONS+=" -b size=$blocksize, -d su=$sunit_bytes,sw=$swidth_mult"
 	;;
-    ext4|ext4dev)
+    ext4|ext4dev|fuse.ext4)
 	MKFS_OPTIONS+=" -b $blocksize -E stride=$sunit_blocks,stripe_width=$swidth_blocks"
 	;;
     *)
@@ -1045,6 +1071,9 @@ _scratch_mkfs_blocksized()
     xfs)
 	_scratch_mkfs_xfs $MKFS_OPTIONS -b size=$blocksize
 	;;
+    fuse.ext4)
+	${MKFS_PROG}.ext4 -F $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV
+	;;
     ext2|ext3|ext4)
 	${MKFS_PROG}.$FSTYP -F $MKFS_OPTIONS -b $blocksize $SCRATCH_DEV
 	;;
@@ -1514,6 +1543,15 @@ _require_scratch_nocheck()
 			_notrun "this test requires a valid \$SCRATCH_MNT"
 		fi
 		;;
+	fuse.ext4)
+		if [ ! -b "$SCRATCH_DEV" ] && [ ! -f "$SCRATCH_DEV" ]; then
+		     _notrun "this test requires a valid \$SCRATCH_DEV"
+		fi
+		if [ ! -d "$SCRATCH_MNT" ]
+		then
+		     _notrun "this test requires a valid \$SCRATCH_MNT"
+		fi
+		 ;;
 	*)
 		 if [ -z "$SCRATCH_DEV" -o "`_is_block_dev "$SCRATCH_DEV"`" = "" ]
 		 then
@@ -1635,6 +1673,15 @@ _require_test()
 			_notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DIR"
 		fi
 		;;
+	fuse.ext4)
+		if [ ! -b "$TEST_DEV" ] && [ ! -f "$TEST_DEV" ]; then
+		     _notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DEV"
+		fi
+		if [ ! -d "$TEST_DIR" ]
+		then
+		     _notrun "this test requires a valid \$TEST_DIR"
+		fi
+		 ;;
 	*)
 		 if [ -z "$TEST_DEV" ] || [ "`_is_block_dev "$TEST_DEV"`" = "" ]
 		 then
@@ -1961,7 +2008,7 @@ _filesystem_timestamp_range()
 {
 	local device=${1:-$TEST_DEV}
 	case $FSTYP in
-	ext4)
+	ext4|fuse.ext4)
 		if [ $(dumpe2fs -h $device 2>/dev/null | grep "Inode size:" | cut -d: -f2) -gt 128 ]; then
 			echo "-2147483648 15032385535"
 		else
@@ -2458,7 +2505,7 @@ _mount_or_remount_rw()
 
 	if [ $USE_REMOUNT -eq 0 ]; then
 		if [ "$FSTYP" != "overlay" ]; then
-			_mount -t $FSTYP $mount_opts $device $mountpoint
+			_mount_fstyp $mount_opts $device $mountpoint
 		else
 			_overlay_mount $device $mountpoint
 		fi
