diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index a7c748f..0f0f0cf 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include "do_mounts.h"
+#include "../fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h"
 
 int __initdata rd_prompt = 1;/* 1 = prompt for RAM disk, 0 = don't prompt */
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
  * 	ext2
  *	romfs
  *	cramfs
+ *	squashfs
  * 	gzip
  */
 static int __init 
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
 	struct ext2_super_block *ext2sb;
 	struct romfs_super_block *romfsb;
 	struct cramfs_super *cramfsb;
+	struct squashfs_super_block *squashfsb;
 	int nblocks = -1;
 	unsigned char *buf;
 
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
 	ext2sb = (struct ext2_super_block *) buf;
 	romfsb = (struct romfs_super_block *) buf;
 	cramfsb = (struct cramfs_super *) buf;
+	squashfsb = (struct squashfs_super_block *) buf;
 	memset(buf, 0xe5, size);
 
 	/*
@@ -99,6 +103,16 @@
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	/* squashfs is at block zero too */
+	if (le32_to_cpu(squashfsb->s_magic) == SQUASHFS_MAGIC) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE
+		       "RAMDISK: squashfs filesystem found at block %d\n",
+		       start_block);
+		nblocks = (le64_to_cpu(squashfsb->bytes_used) + BLOCK_SIZE - 1)
+			 >> BLOCK_SIZE_BITS;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Read block 1 to test for minix and ext2 superblock
 	 */