diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/fuse b/config/rootfiles/common/fuse
deleted file mode 100644
index bae55b321..000000000
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/fuse
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#etc/rc.d/init.d/fuse3
-#lib/udev/rules.d/99-fuse3.rules
-etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse3.rules
-sbin/mount.fuse3
-usr/bin/fusermount3
-#usr/local/bin/fusermount3
-#usr/local/etc
-#usr/local/etc/fuse.conf
-#usr/local/include/fuse3
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/cuse_lowlevel.h
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/fuse.h
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/fuse_common.h
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/fuse_log.h
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/fuse_lowlevel.h
-#usr/local/include/fuse3/fuse_opt.h
-#usr/local/lib/libfuse3.so
-#usr/local/lib/libfuse3.so.3
-#usr/local/lib/libfuse3.so.3.10.1
-#usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
-#usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/fuse3.pc
-#usr/local/sbin/mount.fuse3
-#usr/local/share/man/man1/fusermount3.1
-#usr/local/share/man/man8/mount.fuse3.8
-#etc/fuse.conf
-#usr/include/fuse3
-#usr/include/fuse3/cuse_lowlevel.h
-#usr/include/fuse3/fuse.h
-#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_common.h
-#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_log.h
-#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_lowlevel.h
-#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_opt.h
-#usr/lib/libfuse3.so
-usr/lib/libfuse3.so.3
-usr/lib/libfuse3.so.3.10.1
-#usr/lib/pkgconfig/fuse3.pc
-#usr/sbin/mount.fuse3
-#usr/share/man/man1/fusermount3.1
-#usr/share/man/man8/mount.fuse3.8
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/fuse b/config/rootfiles/packages/fuse
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..917520bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/packages/fuse
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#etc/fuse.conf
+etc/rc.d/init.d/fuse
+etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K35fuse
+etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S65fuse
+etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K35fuse
+etc/udev/rules.d/99-fuse3.rules
+sbin/mount.fuse3
+usr/bin/fusermount3
+#usr/include/fuse3
+#usr/include/fuse3/cuse_lowlevel.h
+#usr/include/fuse3/fuse.h
+#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_common.h
+#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_log.h
+#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_lowlevel.h
+#usr/include/fuse3/fuse_opt.h
+#usr/lib/libfuse3.so
+usr/lib/libfuse3.so.3
+usr/lib/libfuse3.so.3.10.1
+#usr/lib/pkgconfig/fuse3.pc
+#usr/share/man/man1/fusermount3.1
+#usr/share/man/man8/mount.fuse3.8
diff --git a/lfs/fuse b/lfs/fuse
index 167612f68..c976bb4cd 100644
--- a/lfs/fuse
+++ b/lfs/fuse
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
+PROG       = fuse
+PAK_VER    = 1
+
+DEPS       =
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Top-level Rules
@@ -73,13 +77,28 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && meson --prefix=/usr builddir && cd builddir && ninja && ninja install
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && meson --prefix=/usr builddir/
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && ninja -C builddir/
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && ninja -C builddir/ install
 
-	# Move mount.fuse3 to same location as mount.fuse was in previous version
+	# Move mount.fuse3 to same location as mount.fuse was previously
 	mv -v /usr/sbin/mount.fuse3 /sbin
 
-	# Move 99-fuse3 rules to same udev location as in previous version of fuse
+	# Move 99-fuse3 rules to same udev location as previously
 	mv -v /lib/udev/rules.d/99-fuse3.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
 
+	# Remove initscript installed from source code as it loads the module but
+	# also defines and sets up the mount points that will be used by fuse.
+	rm /etc/init.d/fuse3
+
+	# Module loading extracted from source code initscript and made into an IPFire initscript
+	#install initscripts
+	$(call INSTALL_INITSCRIPT,fuse)
+
+	# create startlinks
+	ln -sf ../init.d/fuse /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K35fuse
+	ln -sf ../init.d/fuse /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S65fuse
+	ln -sf ../init.d/fuse /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K35fuse
+
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
 	@$(POSTBUILD)
diff --git a/src/initscripts/packages/fuse b/src/initscripts/packages/fuse
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7127e1f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/initscripts/packages/fuse
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+########################################################################
+# Begin $rc_base/init.d/fuse
+#
+# Description : Load and unload the fuse3 module
+#
+# Authors     : Adolf Belka
+#
+# Version     : 01.00
+#
+# Notes       :
+#
+########################################################################
+
+. /etc/sysconfig/rc
+. ${rc_functions}
+
+case "${1}" in
+	start)
+		boot_mesg "Loading fuse module."
+		if ! grep -qw fuse /proc/filesystems; then
+			echo -n "Loading fuse module"
+			if ! modprobe fuse >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				echo " failed!"
+				exit 1
+		else
+			echo "."
+		fi
+		else
+			echo "fuse filesystem already available."
+		fi		
+		;;
+
+	stop)
+		boot_mesg "Unloading fuse module."
+		if grep -qw "^fuse" /proc/modules; then
+			echo -n "Unloading fuse module"
+			if ! rmmod fuse >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+				echo " failed!"
+			else
+				echo "."
+			fi
+		else
+			echo "fuse module not loaded."
+		fi
+		;;
+
+	restart)
+		${0} stop
+		sleep 1
+		${0} start
+		;;
+
+	status)
+		echo -n "Checking if fuse module loaded."
+		if ! grep -qw fuse /proc/filesystems; then
+			echo " fuse module not loaded."
+			exit 3
+		else
+			echo " ok."
+		fi
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|status}"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+# End $rc_base/init.d/fuse
diff --git a/src/paks/fuse/install.sh b/src/paks/fuse/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6a5af92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/paks/fuse/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+############################################################################
+#                                                                          #
+# This file is part of the IPFire Firewall.                                #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify           #
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by     #
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or        #
+# (at your option) any later version.                                      #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire 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 General Public License for more details.                             #
+#                                                                          #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        #
+# along with IPFire; if not, write to the Free Software                    #
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA #
+#                                                                          #
+# Copyright (C) 2007 IPFire-Team <info@ipfire.org>.                        #
+#                                                                          #
+############################################################################
+#
+. /opt/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
+extract_files
+
+start_service --background ${NAME}
diff --git a/src/paks/fuse/uninstall.sh b/src/paks/fuse/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc37ea5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/paks/fuse/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+############################################################################
+#                                                                          #
+# This file is part of the IPFire Firewall.                                #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify           #
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by     #
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or        #
+# (at your option) any later version.                                      #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire 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 General Public License for more details.                             #
+#                                                                          #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        #
+# along with IPFire; if not, write to the Free Software                    #
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA #
+#                                                                          #
+# Copyright (C) 2007 IPFire-Team <info@ipfire.org>.                        #
+#                                                                          #
+############################################################################
+#
+. /opt/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
+stop_service ${NAME}
+
+remove_files
diff --git a/src/paks/fuse/update.sh b/src/paks/fuse/update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99776659c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/paks/fuse/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+############################################################################
+#                                                                          #
+# This file is part of the IPFire Firewall.                                #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify           #
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by     #
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or        #
+# (at your option) any later version.                                      #
+#                                                                          #
+# IPFire 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 General Public License for more details.                             #
+#                                                                          #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        #
+# along with IPFire; if not, write to the Free Software                    #
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA #
+#                                                                          #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2020 IPFire-Team <info@ipfire.org>.                   #
+#                                                                          #
+############################################################################
+#
+. /opt/pakfire/lib/functions.sh
+extract_backup_includes
+./uninstall.sh
+./install.sh
