diff --git a/include/GParted_Core.h b/include/GParted_Core.h
index afbef922..2dfa665e 100644
--- a/include/GParted_Core.h
+++ b/include/GParted_Core.h
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ public:
 	Glib::ustring get_libparted_version() ;
 	Glib::ustring get_thread_status_message() ;
 
-	FileSystem * get_filesystem_object( FILESYSTEM filesystem );
+	static FileSystem * get_filesystem_object( FILESYSTEM filesystem );
+	static bool supported_filesystem( FILESYSTEM fstype );
 	static bool filesystem_resize_disallowed( const Partition & partition ) ;
 private:
 	//detectionstuff..
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ private:
 	static PedExceptionOption ped_exception_handler( PedException * e ) ;
 
 	std::vector<FS> FILESYSTEMS ;
-	std::map< FILESYSTEM, FileSystem * > FILESYSTEM_MAP ;
+	static std::map< FILESYSTEM, FileSystem * > FILESYSTEM_MAP ;
 	std::vector<PedPartitionFlag> flags;
 	std::vector<Glib::ustring> device_paths ;
 	bool probe_devices ;
diff --git a/src/GParted_Core.cc b/src/GParted_Core.cc
index 12e796e2..c893a88c 100644
--- a/src/GParted_Core.cc
+++ b/src/GParted_Core.cc
@@ -3217,6 +3217,12 @@ FileSystem * GParted_Core::get_filesystem_object( FILESYSTEM filesystem )
 	    return NULL ;
 }
 
+// Return true for file systems with an implementation class, false otherwise
+bool GParted_Core::supported_filesystem( FILESYSTEM fstype )
+{
+	return get_filesystem_object( fstype ) != NULL;
+}
+
 bool GParted_Core::filesystem_resize_disallowed( const Partition & partition )
 {
 	if ( partition .filesystem == FS_LVM2_PV )
@@ -3699,4 +3705,6 @@ GParted_Core::~GParted_Core()
 
 Glib::Thread *GParted_Core::mainthread;
 
+std::map< FILESYSTEM, FileSystem * > GParted_Core::FILESYSTEM_MAP;
+
 } //GParted