diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 610a1b67..152d226d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ xx/xx/2005 - 1.12.2-WIP
 	  starting to clone or restore.  (Szaka)
 	- Change @type parameter for ntfs_create() to be dev_t rather than
 	  internal NTFS_DT_* constants.  (Yura)
-	- Teach ntfs_create() to create special Interix files (charcter and
-	  block devices, FIFOs and sockets). Add @dev parameter to ntfs_create()
-	  for this.  (Yura)
+	- New APIs (dir.[ch]):
+	    ntfs_create_device() for Interix block and character devices
+	    creation.
+	    ntfs_crate_symlink() for Interix symbolic links creation.  (Yura)
+	- Teach ntfs_create() to create Interix FIFOs and sockets.  (Yura)
 	- Fix the -u option in ntfsundelete.  Instead of a confusing optional
 	  parameter, there's a new option -i with a required parameter (Rich)
 
diff --git a/include/ntfs/dir.h b/include/ntfs/dir.h
index c6170e4f..8b56c669 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/dir.h
+++ b/include/ntfs/dir.h
@@ -49,9 +49,15 @@ extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_pathname_to_inode(ntfs_volume *vol, ntfs_inode *parent,
 		const char *pathname);
 
 extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
-		dev_t type, dev_t dev);
+		dev_t type);
+extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_create_device(ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
+		ntfschar *name, u8 name_len, dev_t type, dev_t dev);
+extern ntfs_inode *ntfs_create_symlink(ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
+		ntfschar *name, u8 name_len, ntfschar *target, u8 target_len);
+
 extern int ntfs_delete(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name,
 		u8 name_len);
+
 extern int ntfs_link(ntfs_inode *ni, ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name,
 		u8 name_len);
 
diff --git a/libntfs/dir.c b/libntfs/dir.c
index 811f6fef..8696bde5 100644
--- a/libntfs/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs/dir.c
@@ -1072,18 +1072,23 @@ err_out:
 }
 
 /**
- * ntfs_create - create object on ntfs volume
+ * __ntfs_create - create object on ntfs volume
  * @dir_ni:	ntfs inode for directory in which create new object
  * @name:	unicode name of new object
  * @name_len:	length of the name in unicode characters
  * @type:	type of the object to create
  * @dev:	major and minor device numbers (obtained from makedev())
+ * @target:	target in unicode (only for symlinks)
+ * @target_len:	length of target in unicode charcters
+ *
+ * Internal, use ntfs_create{_device,_symlink} wrappers instead.
  *
  * @type can be:
  *	S_IFREG		to create regular file
  *	S_IFDIR		to create directory
  *	S_IFBLK		to create block device
  *	S_IFCHR		to create character device
+ *	S_IFLNK		to create symbolic link
  *	S_IFIFO		to create FIFO
  *	S_IFSOCK	to create socket
  * other values are invalid.
@@ -1094,8 +1099,9 @@ err_out:
  * Return opened ntfs inode that describes created object on success or NULL
  * on error with errno set to the error code.
  */
-ntfs_inode *ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
-		dev_t type, dev_t dev)
+static ntfs_inode *__ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
+		ntfschar *name, u8 name_len, dev_t type, dev_t dev,
+		ntfschar *target, u8 target_len)
 {
 	ntfs_inode *ni;
 	FILE_NAME_ATTR *fn = NULL;
@@ -1104,10 +1110,7 @@ ntfs_inode *ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
 
 	ntfs_log_trace("Entering.\n");
 	/* Sanity checks. */
-	if (!dir_ni || !name || !name_len || (type != S_IFREG &&
-			type != S_IFDIR && type != S_IFIFO &&
-			type != S_IFSOCK && type != S_IFCHR &&
-			type != S_IFBLK)) {
+	if (!dir_ni || !name || !name_len) {
 		ntfs_log_error("Invalid arguments.");
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1204,6 +1207,21 @@ ntfs_inode *ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
 				if (type == S_IFCHR)
 					data->magic = INTX_CHARACTER_DEVICE;
 				break;
+			case S_IFLNK:
+				data_len = sizeof(INTX_FILE_TYPES) +
+						target_len * sizeof(ntfschar);
+				data = malloc(data_len);
+				if (!data) {
+					err = errno;
+					ntfs_log_error("Not enough memory for "
+							"content of DATA "
+							"attribute.\n");
+					goto err_out;
+				}
+				data->magic = INTX_SYMBOLIC_LINK;
+				memcpy(data->target, target,
+						target_len * sizeof(ntfschar));
+				break;
 			case S_IFSOCK:
 				data = NULL;
 				data_len = 1;
@@ -1278,6 +1296,42 @@ err_out:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Some wrappers around __ntfs_create() ...
+ */
+
+ntfs_inode *ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
+		dev_t type)
+{
+	if (type != S_IFREG && type != S_IFDIR && type != S_IFIFO &&
+			type != S_IFSOCK) {
+		ntfs_log_error("Invalid arguments.");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return __ntfs_create(dir_ni, name, name_len, type, 0, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+ntfs_inode *ntfs_create_device(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
+		dev_t type, dev_t dev)
+{
+	if (type != S_IFCHR && type != S_IFBLK) {
+		ntfs_log_error("Invalid arguments.");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return __ntfs_create(dir_ni, name, name_len, type, dev, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+ntfs_inode *ntfs_create_symlink(ntfs_inode *dir_ni, ntfschar *name, u8 name_len,
+		ntfschar *target, u8 target_len)
+{
+	if (!target || !target_len) {
+		ntfs_log_error("Invalid arguments.");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return __ntfs_create(dir_ni, name, name_len, S_IFLNK, 0,
+			target, target_len);
+}
+
 /**
  * ntfs_delete - delete file or directory from ntfs volume
  * @ni:		ntfs inode for object to delte
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
index 0b5a8c67..6cbe2117 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsmount.c
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_readdir(const char *path, void *buf,
 	ni = ntfs_pathname_to_inode(vol, NULL, path);
 	if (!ni)
 		return -errno;
+	if (!strcmp(path, "/"))
+		filler(buf, ".", NULL, 0);
+	filler(buf, "..", NULL, 0);
 	if (ntfs_readdir(ni, &pos, &fill_ctx,
 			(ntfs_filldir_t)ntfs_fuse_filler))
 		err = -errno;
@@ -703,13 +706,14 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_chmod(const char *path,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
-static int ntfs_fuse_create(const char *org_path, dev_t type, dev_t dev)
+static int ntfs_fuse_create(const char *org_path, dev_t type, dev_t dev,
+		const char *target)
 {
 	char *name;
-	ntfschar *uname = NULL;
+	ntfschar *uname = NULL, *utarget = NULL;
 	ntfs_inode *dir_ni = NULL, *ni;
 	char *path;
-	int res = 0, uname_len;
+	int res = 0, uname_len, utarget_len;
 
 	path = strdup(org_path);
 	if (!path)
@@ -732,7 +736,25 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_create(const char *org_path, dev_t type, dev_t dev)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	/* Create object specified in @type. */
-	ni = ntfs_create(dir_ni, uname, uname_len, type, dev);
+	switch (type) {
+		case S_IFCHR:
+		case S_IFBLK:
+			ni = ntfs_create_device(dir_ni, uname, uname_len, type,
+					dev);
+			break;
+		case S_IFLNK:
+			utarget_len = ntfs_mbstoucs(target, &utarget, 0);
+			if (utarget_len < 0) {
+				res = -errno;
+				goto exit;
+			}
+			ni = ntfs_create_symlink(dir_ni, uname, uname_len,
+					utarget, utarget_len);
+			break;
+		default:
+			ni = ntfs_create(dir_ni, uname, uname_len, type);
+			break;
+	}
 	if (ni)
 		ntfs_inode_close(ni);
 	else
@@ -741,6 +763,8 @@ exit:
 	free(uname);
 	if (dir_ni)
 		ntfs_inode_close(dir_ni);
+	if (utarget)
+		free(utarget);
 	free(path);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -759,7 +783,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_create_stream(const char *path,
 			 * If such file does not exist, create it and try once
 			 * again to add stream to it.
 			 */
-			res = ntfs_fuse_create(path, S_IFREG, 0);
+			res = ntfs_fuse_create(path, S_IFREG, 0, NULL);
 			if (!res)
 				return ntfs_fuse_create_stream(path,
 						stream_name, stream_name_len);
@@ -790,7 +814,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_mknod(const char *org_path, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	if (!stream_name_len)
-		res = ntfs_fuse_create(path, mode & S_IFMT, dev);
+		res = ntfs_fuse_create(path, mode & S_IFMT, dev, NULL);
 	else
 		res = ntfs_fuse_create_stream(path, stream_name,
 				stream_name_len);
@@ -801,6 +825,14 @@ exit:
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int ntfs_fuse_symlink(const char *to, const char *from)
+{
+	if (strchr(from, ':') &&	/* n/a for named data streams. */
+			ctx->streams == NF_STREAMS_INTERFACE_WINDOWS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return ntfs_fuse_create(from, S_IFLNK, 0, to);
+}
+
 static int ntfs_fuse_link(const char *old_path, const char *new_path)
 {
 	char *name;
@@ -965,7 +997,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_mkdir(const char *path,
 {
 	if (strchr(path, ':') && ctx->streams == NF_STREAMS_INTERFACE_WINDOWS)
 		return -EINVAL; /* n/a for named data streams. */
-	return ntfs_fuse_create(path, S_IFDIR, 0);
+	return ntfs_fuse_create(path, S_IFDIR, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static int ntfs_fuse_rmdir(const char *path)
@@ -1302,6 +1334,7 @@ static struct fuse_operations ntfs_fuse_oper = {
 	.statfs		= ntfs_fuse_statfs,
 	.chmod		= ntfs_fuse_chmod,
 	.mknod		= ntfs_fuse_mknod,
+	.symlink	= ntfs_fuse_symlink,
 	.link		= ntfs_fuse_link,
 	.unlink		= ntfs_fuse_unlink,
 	.rename		= ntfs_fuse_rename,