diff --git a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_filesystems_lowmem b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_filesystems_lowmem
index c5a58c14c..d6a982ded 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_filesystems_lowmem
+++ b/lib/initcpio/hooks/arch_filesystems_lowmem
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ run_hook ()
     # fix jfs symlinks
     ln -s /sbin/jfs_mkfs /sbin/mkfs.jfs
 
+    # fix ntfs symlinks
+    ln -s /usr/sbin/mkntfs /sbin/mkfs.ntfs
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ntfsmount /sbin/mount.ntfs-fuse
+    ln -s /usr/bin/ntfsmount /sbin/mount.fuse.ntfs
+
+    # fix ntfs-3g symlink
+    ln -s /bin/ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
+
     # fix vfat symlink
     ln -s /sbin/mkdosfs /sbin/mkfs.vfat
     ln -s /sbin/mkdosfs /sbin/mkfs.msdos
diff --git a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
index 1075c006d..7214723ff 100644
--- a/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
+++ b/lib/initcpio/install/arch_filesystems_lowmem
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 install ()
 {
-    MODULES=" $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/reiserfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext2') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext3') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext4') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/jfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/xfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/vfat') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/fat') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/isofs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/nls/nls_cp437')"
-    BINARIES="mkswap mkfs.reiserfs mkfs.ext2 jfs_fsck jfs_mkfs mkfs.xfs xfs_freeze xfs_io mkdosfs blkid"
+    MODULES=" $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/reiserfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext2') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext3') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/ext4') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/jfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/xfs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/vfat') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/fat') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/isofs') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/nls/nls_cp437') $(checked_modules '/kernel/fs/fuse')"
+    BINARIES="mkswap mkfs.reiserfs mkfs.ext2 jfs_fsck jfs_mkfs mkfs.xfs xfs_freeze xfs_io mkdosfs blkid mkntfs mountntfs ntfs-3g"
     FILES=""
     SCRIPT="arch_filesystems_lowmem"
 }
diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
index 0dfe48e7c..215309492 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ _mkfs() {
 	else
 		# make sure the fstype is one we can handle
 		local knownfs=0
-		for fs in xfs jfs reiserfs ext2 ext3 ext4 vfat; do
+		for fs in xfs jfs reiserfs ext2 ext3 ext4 ntfs vfat; do
 			[ "${_fstype}" = "${fs}" ] && knownfs=1 && break
 		done
 		if [ $knownfs -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@ _mkfs() {
 				xfs)      mkfs.xfs -f ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
 				jfs)      yes | mkfs.jfs ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
 				reiserfs) yes | mkreiserfs ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
-				ext2)     mke2fs "${_device}" >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
-				ext3)     mke2fs -j ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
+				ext2)     mkfs.ext2 ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
+				ext3)     mkfs.ext3 ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
 				ext4)     mkfs.ext4 ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
+				ntfs)     mkfs.ntfs ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
 				vfat)     mkfs.vfat ${_device} >$LOG 2>&1; ret=$? ;;
 				# don't handle anything else here, we will error later
 			esac
@@ -633,6 +634,7 @@ mountpoints() {
 	[ "$(which mkreiserfs 2>/dev/null)" ] && FSOPTS="$FSOPTS reiserfs Reiser3"
 	[ "$(which mkfs.xfs 2>/dev/null)" ]   && FSOPTS="$FSOPTS xfs XFS"
 	[ "$(which mkfs.jfs 2>/dev/null)" ]   && FSOPTS="$FSOPTS jfs JFS"
+	[ "$(which mkfs.ntfs 2>/dev/null)" ]   && FSOPTS="$FSOPTS ntfs NTFS"
 	[ "$(which mkfs.vfat 2>/dev/null)" ]   && FSOPTS="$FSOPTS vfat VFAT"
 
 	#