diff --git a/src/sugar3/Makefile.am b/src/sugar3/Makefile.am
index 24630fe9..668691e4 100644
--- a/src/sugar3/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/sugar3/Makefile.am
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ libsugarext_la_SOURCES =		\
 	gsm-session.h			\
 	gsm-xsmp.c			\
 	gsm-xsmp.h			\
+	sugar-fatattr.c			\
+	sugar-fatattr.h			\
 	sugar-grid.c			\
 	sugar-grid.h			\
 	sugar-cursor-tracker.c		\
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ SugarExt_1_0_gir_FILES = \
 	gsm-session.h \
 	gsm-xsmp.c \
 	gsm-xsmp.h \
+	sugar-fatattr.c	\
+	sugar-fatattr.h	\
 	sugar-cursor-tracker.c \
 	sugar-cursor-tracker.h \
 	sugar-gesture-grabber.c \
diff --git a/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.c b/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40a6ee8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Walter Bender
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Aaron Stone <aaron@serendipity.cx>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+// Gives us O_NOATIME
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+// This function is wrapped by getattrs/setattrs
+static int _ioctl_attrs(char *file, __u32 *attrs, int ioctlnum, char *verb)
+{
+    int fd;
+
+    // Interesting, we don't need a read-write handle to call the SET ioctl.
+    fd = open(file, O_RDONLY | O_NOATIME);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening '%s': %s\n", file, strerror(errno));
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    if (ioctl(fd, ioctlnum, attrs) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error %s attributes: %s\n", verb, strerror(errno));
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    close (fd);
+    return 0;
+
+    err:
+        close (fd);
+        return -1;
+}
+
+static int getattrs(char *file, __u32 *attrs)
+{
+    return _ioctl_attrs(file, attrs, FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES, "reading");
+}
+
+static int setattrs(char *file, __u32 *attrs)
+{
+    return _ioctl_attrs(file, attrs, FAT_IOCTL_SET_ATTRIBUTES, "writing");
+}
+
+static int set_hidden_attrib(char *pathname)
+{
+    __u32 attrs = 0;
+    char *file = NULL;
+
+    file = pathname;
+    if (getattrs(file, &attrs) == 0) {
+        attrs |= ATTR_HIDDEN;
+        setattrs(file, &attrs);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the FAT HIDDEN attribute.
+ *
+ * sugar_fat_set_hidden_attrib: 
+ * @const char: (file utf8)
+ */
+gboolean sugar_fat_set_hidden_attrib(const char *file)
+{
+    if (set_hidden_attrib(file) == 0) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.h b/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cbf6431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sugar3/sugar-fatattr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Walter Bender
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __SUGAR_FATATTR_H__
+#define __SUGAR_FATATTR_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+gboolean sugar_fat_set_hidden_attrib(const char *file);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __SUGAR_FATATTR_H__ */