diff -ur libfat/include/fat.h libfat-attr/include/fat.h
--- libfat/include/fat.h	2006-07-25 09:19:54.000000000 -0400
+++ libfat-attr/include/fat.h	2007-04-17 00:08:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@
 */
 bool fatSetDefaultInterface (PARTITION_INTERFACE partitionNumber);
 
+/*
+Enable extra msdos specific attributes to be expressed with the exec bits
+in stat() and fopen()
+System = World Exec
+Archive = Group Exec
+Hidden = User Exec
+*/
+void fatEnableExtraAttributes();
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff -ur libfat/source/directory.c libfat-attr/source/directory.c
--- libfat/source/directory.c	2006-12-30 20:04:31.000000000 -0500
+++ libfat-attr/source/directory.c	2007-04-17 00:18:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #define DIR_ENTRY_LAST 0x00
 #define DIR_ENTRY_FREE 0xE5
 
+bool _FAT_extra_attributes = 0;
 
 // Long file name directory entry
 enum LFN_offset {
@@ -874,6 +875,11 @@
   	st->st_ino = (ino_t)(_FAT_directory_entryGetCluster(entry->entryData));		// The file serial number is the start cluster
 	st->st_mode = (_FAT_directory_isDirectory(entry) ? S_IFDIR : S_IFREG) |
 		(S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH) |
+		(_FAT_extra_attributes ? (
+				(_FAT_directory_isHidden(entry) ? S_IXUSR : 0) |
+				(_FAT_directory_isArchive(entry) ? S_IXGRP : 0) |
+				(_FAT_directory_isSystem(entry) ? S_IXOTH : 0)
+			) : 0) |
 		(_FAT_directory_isWritable (entry) ? (S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH) : 0);		// Mode bits based on dirEntry ATTRIB byte
 	st->st_nlink = 1;								// Always one hard link on a FAT file
 	st->st_uid = 1;									// Faked for FAT
@@ -900,3 +906,7 @@
 	st->st_spare4[0] = 0;
 	st->st_spare4[1] = 0;
 }
+
+void fatEnableExtraAttributes() {
+	_FAT_extra_attributes = 1;
+}
diff -ur libfat/source/directory.h libfat-attr/source/directory.h
--- libfat/source/directory.h	2006-07-13 22:42:36.000000000 -0400
+++ libfat-attr/source/directory.h	2007-04-17 00:13:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@
 	return ((entry->entryData[DIR_ENTRY_attributes] & ATTRIB_DIR) != 0);
 }
 
+static inline bool _FAT_directory_isHidden (DIR_ENTRY* entry) {
+	return ((entry->entryData[DIR_ENTRY_attributes] & ATTRIB_HID) != 0);
+}
+
+static inline bool _FAT_directory_isSystem (DIR_ENTRY* entry) {
+	return ((entry->entryData[DIR_ENTRY_attributes] & ATTRIB_SYS) != 0);
+}
+
+static inline bool _FAT_directory_isArchive (DIR_ENTRY* entry) {
+	return ((entry->entryData[DIR_ENTRY_attributes] & ATTRIB_ARCH) != 0);
+}
+
 static inline bool _FAT_directory_isWritable (DIR_ENTRY* entry) {
 	return ((entry->entryData[DIR_ENTRY_attributes] & ATTRIB_RO) == 0);
 }