diff --git a/include/ntfs/volume.h b/include/ntfs/volume.h
index caad93a1..015c6ac1 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/volume.h
+++ b/include/ntfs/volume.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	NTFS_MNT_CASE_SENSITIVE	= 4,
 	NTFS_MNT_NOT_EXCLUSIVE	= 8,
 	NTFS_MNT_FORCE		= 16,
+	NTFS_MNT_INTERIX	= 32,
 } ntfs_mount_flags;
 
 /**
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ typedef enum {
 				      it. */
 	NV_ForensicMount,	/* 1: Mount is forensic, i.e. no modifications
 				      are to be done by mount/umount. */
+	NV_Interix,		/* 1: Make libntfs recognize Interix special
+				      files. */
 } ntfs_volume_state_bits;
 
 #define  test_nvol_flag(nv, flag)	 test_bit(NV_##flag, (nv)->state)
@@ -117,6 +120,10 @@ typedef enum {
 #define NVolSetForensicMount(nv)	  set_nvol_flag(nv, ForensicMount)
 #define NVolClearForensicMount(nv)	clear_nvol_flag(nv, ForensicMount)
 
+#define NVolInterix(nv)			 test_nvol_flag(nv, Interix)
+#define NVolSetInterix(nv)		  set_nvol_flag(nv, Interix)
+#define NVolClearInterix(nv)		clear_nvol_flag(nv, Interix)
+
 /*
  * NTFS version 1.1 and 1.2 are used by Windows NT4.
  * NTFS version 2.x is used by Windows 2000 Beta
diff --git a/libntfs/dir.c b/libntfs/dir.c
index b2e0763b..85e9c0d1 100644
--- a/libntfs/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs/dir.c
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ static const ntfschar dotdot[3] = { const_cpu_to_le16('.'),
 
 /**
  * ntfs_filldir - ntfs specific filldir method
+ * @vol:	ntfs volume with wjich we are working
  * @pos:	current position in directory
  * @ie:		current index entry
  * @dirent:	context for filldir callback supplied by the caller
@@ -605,7 +606,7 @@ static const ntfschar dotdot[3] = { const_cpu_to_le16('.'),
  * Pass information specifying the current directory entry @ie to the @filldir
  * callback.
  */
-static int ntfs_filldir(s64 *pos, INDEX_ENTRY *ie,
+static int ntfs_filldir(ntfs_volume *vol, s64 *pos, INDEX_ENTRY *ie,
 		void *dirent, ntfs_filldir_t filldir)
 {
 	FILE_NAME_ATTR *fn = &ie->key.file_name;
@@ -618,8 +619,12 @@ static int ntfs_filldir(s64 *pos, INDEX_ENTRY *ie,
 		return 0;
 	if (ie->key.file_name.file_attributes & FILE_ATTR_I30_INDEX_PRESENT)
 		dt_type = NTFS_DT_DIR;
-	else
-		dt_type = NTFS_DT_REG;
+	else {
+		if (NVolInterix(vol) && fn->file_attributes & FILE_ATTR_SYSTEM)
+			dt_type = NTFS_DT_UNKNOWN;
+		else
+			dt_type = NTFS_DT_REG;
+	}
 	return filldir(dirent, fn->file_name, fn->file_name_length,
 			fn->file_name_type, *pos,
 			le64_to_cpu(ie->indexed_file), dt_type);
@@ -857,7 +862,7 @@ int ntfs_readdir(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, s64 *pos,
 		 * Submit the directory entry to ntfs_filldir(), which will
 		 * invoke the filldir() callback as appropriate.
 		 */
-		rc = ntfs_filldir(pos, ie, dirent, filldir);
+		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, pos, ie, dirent, filldir);
 		if (rc)
 			goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -1015,7 +1020,7 @@ find_next_index_buffer:
 		 * Submit the directory entry to ntfs_filldir(), which will
 		 * invoke the filldir() callback as appropriate.
 		 */
-		rc = ntfs_filldir(pos, ie, dirent, filldir);
+		rc = ntfs_filldir(vol, pos, ie, dirent, filldir);
 		if (rc)
 			goto err_out;
 	}
diff --git a/libntfs/volume.c b/libntfs/volume.c
index 6d1064ae..00f4e408 100644
--- a/libntfs/volume.c
+++ b/libntfs/volume.c
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ ntfs_volume *ntfs_volume_startup(struct ntfs_device *dev,
 		NVolSetReadOnly(vol);
 	if (flags & NTFS_MNT_CASE_SENSITIVE)
 		NVolSetCaseSensitive(vol);
+	if (flags & NTFS_MNT_INTERIX)
+		NVolSetInterix(vol);
 	ntfs_log_debug("Reading bootsector... ");
 	if (dev->d_ops->open(dev, NVolReadOnly(vol) ? O_RDONLY :
 				((flags & NTFS_MNT_NOT_EXCLUSIVE) ? O_RDWR :
@@ -869,6 +871,7 @@ static long ntfs_volume_get_nr_free_clusters(ntfs_volume *vol)
  *	NTFS_MNT_FORENSIC	- mount for forensic purposes, i.e. do not do
  *				  any writing at all during the mount, i.e. no
  *				  journal emptying, no dirty bit setting, etc.
+ *	NTFS_MNT_INTERIX	- make libntfs recognize special Interix files
  *
  * The function opens the device @dev and verifies that it contains a valid
  * bootsector. Then, it allocates an ntfs_volume structure and initializes