diff --git a/common/environment.c b/common/environment.c
index 8efed97..fc5c57e 100644
--- a/common/environment.c
+++ b/common/environment.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 	data->writep += sizeof(struct envfs_inode);
 	data->writep += PAD4(strlen(filename) + 1 - strlen(data->base));
+	data->writep += sizeof(struct envfs_inode_end);
 	data->writep += PAD4(statbuf->st_size);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 {
 	struct action_data *data = userdata;
 	struct envfs_inode *inode;
+	struct envfs_inode_end *inode_end;
 	int fd;
 	int namelen = strlen(filename) + 1 - strlen(data->base);
 
@@ -70,12 +72,16 @@
 
 	inode = (struct envfs_inode*)data->writep;
 	inode->magic = ENVFS_32(ENVFS_INODE_MAGIC);
-	inode->namelen = ENVFS_32(namelen);
+	inode->headerlen = ENVFS_32(PAD4(namelen + sizeof(struct envfs_inode_end)));
 	inode->size = ENVFS_32(statbuf->st_size);
 	data->writep += sizeof(struct envfs_inode);
 
 	strcpy(data->writep, filename + strlen(data->base));
 	data->writep += PAD4(namelen);
+	inode_end = (struct envfs_inode_end*)data->writep;
+	data->writep += sizeof(struct envfs_inode_end);
+	inode_end->magic = ENVFS_32(ENVFS_INODE_END_MAGIC);
+	inode_end->mode = ENVFS_32(S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
@@ -176,8 +182,13 @@
 	int envfd;
 	int fd, ret = 0;
 	char *str, *tmp;
-	int namelen_full;
+	int headerlen_full;
 	unsigned long size;
+	/* for envfs < 1.0 */
+	struct envfs_inode_end inode_end_dummy;
+
+	inode_end_dummy.mode = ENVFS_32(S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+	inode_end_dummy.magic = ENVFS_32(ENVFS_INODE_END_MAGIC);
 
 	envfd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (envfd < 0) {
@@ -223,11 +234,18 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (super.major < ENVFS_MAJOR)
+		printf("envfs version %d.%d loaded into %d.%d\n",
+			super.major, super.minor,
+			ENVFS_MAJOR, ENVFS_MINOR);
+
 	while (size) {
 		struct envfs_inode *inode;
-		uint32_t inode_size, inode_namelen;
+		struct envfs_inode_end *inode_end;
+		uint32_t inode_size, inode_headerlen, namelen;
 
 		inode = (struct envfs_inode *)buf;
+		buf += sizeof(struct envfs_inode);
 
 		if (ENVFS_32(inode->magic) != ENVFS_INODE_MAGIC) {
 			printf("envfs: wrong magic on %s\n", filename);
@@ -235,16 +253,30 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 		inode_size = ENVFS_32(inode->size);
-		inode_namelen = ENVFS_32(inode->namelen);
+		inode_headerlen = ENVFS_32(inode->headerlen);
+		namelen = strlen(inode->data) + 1;
+		if (super.major < 1)
+			inode_end = &inode_end_dummy;
+		else
+			inode_end = (struct envfs_inode_end *)(buf + PAD4(namelen));
 
-		debug("loading %s size %d namelen %d\n", inode->data,
-			inode_size, inode_namelen);
+		debug("loading %s size %d namelen %d headerlen %d\n", inode->data,
+			inode_size, namelen, inode_headerlen);
 
 		str = concat_path_file(dir, inode->data);
 		tmp = strdup(str);
 		make_directory(dirname(tmp));
 		free(tmp);
 
+		headerlen_full = PAD4(inode_headerlen);
+		buf += headerlen_full;
+
+		if (ENVFS_32(inode_end->magic) != ENVFS_INODE_END_MAGIC) {
+			printf("envfs: wrong inode_end_magic on %s\n", filename);
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		fd = open(str, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 		free(str);
 		if (fd < 0) {
@@ -253,9 +285,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		namelen_full = PAD4(inode_namelen);
-		ret = write(fd, buf + namelen_full + sizeof(struct envfs_inode),
-				inode_size);
+		ret = write(fd, buf, inode_size);
 		if (ret < inode_size) {
 			perror("write");
 			ret = -errno;
@@ -264,9 +294,8 @@
 		}
 		close(fd);
 
-		buf += PAD4(inode_namelen) + PAD4(inode_size) +
-				sizeof(struct envfs_inode);
-		size -= PAD4(inode_namelen) + PAD4(inode_size) +
+		buf += PAD4(inode_size);
+		size -= headerlen_full + PAD4(inode_size) +
 				sizeof(struct envfs_inode);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/envfs.h b/include/envfs.h
index c6df8c5..3d14fcb 100644
--- a/include/envfs.h
+++ b/include/envfs.h
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #endif
 
-#define ENVFS_MAJOR		0
-#define ENVFS_MINOR		1
+#define ENVFS_MAJOR		1
+#define ENVFS_MINOR		0
 
 #define ENVFS_MAGIC		    0x798fba79	/* some random number */
 #define ENVFS_INODE_MAGIC	0x67a8c78d
+#define ENVFS_INODE_END_MAGIC	0x68a8c78d
 #define ENVFS_END_MAGIC		0x6a87d6cd
 #define ENVFS_SIGNATURE	"barebox envfs"
 
 struct envfs_inode {
 	uint32_t magic;	/* ENVFS_INODE_MAGIC */
 	uint32_t size;	/* data size in bytes  */
-	uint32_t namelen; /* The length of the filename _including_ a trailing 0 */
+	uint32_t headerlen; /* The length of the filename _including_ a trailing 0 */
 	char data[0];	/* The filename (zero terminated) + padding to 4 byte boundary
 			 * followed by the data for this inode.
 			 * The next inode follows after the data + padding to 4 byte
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@
 			 */
 };
 
+struct envfs_inode_end {
+	uint32_t magic;	/* ENVFS_INODE_END_MAGIC */
+	uint32_t mode;	/* file mode */
+};
+
 /*
  * Superblock information at the beginning of the FS.
  */