diff -upr linux-3.0.0.orig/fs/fat/fat.h linux-3.0.0/fs/fat/fat.h
--- linux-3.0.0.orig/fs/fat/fat.h	2011-07-22 05:17:23.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-3.0.0/fs/fat/fat.h	2012-04-09 09:23:12.706414716 +0300
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct fat_mount_options {
 		 tz_utc:1,	  /* Filesystem timestamps are in UTC */
 		 rodir:1,	  /* allow ATTR_RO for directory */
 		 discard:1;	  /* Issue discard requests on deletions */
+	char *exe_extensions;	  /* List of extensions that are given executable flag when mounted with showexec */
 };
 
 #define FAT_HASH_BITS	8
diff -upr linux-3.0.0.orig/fs/fat/inode.c linux-3.0.0/fs/fat/inode.c
--- linux-3.0.0.orig/fs/fat/inode.c	2011-07-22 05:17:23.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-3.0.0/fs/fat/inode.c	2012-04-09 21:08:02.605461703 +0300
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 static int fat_default_codepage = CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE;
 static char fat_default_iocharset[] = CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET;
-
+static char fat_default_exe_extensions[] = "EXECOMBAT";
 
 static int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ struct inode *fat_iget(struct super_bloc
 	return inode;
 }
 
-static int is_exec(unsigned char *extension)
+static int is_exec(unsigned char *extension, unsigned char *exe_extensions)
 {
-	unsigned char *exe_extensions = "EXECOMBAT", *walk;
+	unsigned char *walk;
 
 	for (walk = exe_extensions; *walk; walk += 3)
 		if (!strncmp(extension, walk, 3))
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *
 	} else { /* not a directory */
 		inode->i_generation |= 1;
 		inode->i_mode = fat_make_mode(sbi, de->attr,
-			((sbi->options.showexec && !is_exec(de->name + 8))
+			((sbi->options.showexec && !is_exec(de->name + 8, sbi->options.exe_extensions))
 			 ? S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO : S_IRWXUGO));
 		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = le16_to_cpu(de->start);
 		if (sbi->fat_bits == 32)
@@ -497,6 +497,9 @@ static void fat_put_super(struct super_b
 
 	if (sbi->options.iocharset != fat_default_iocharset)
 		kfree(sbi->options.iocharset);
+	
+	if (sbi->options.exe_extensions != fat_default_exe_extensions)
+		kfree(sbi->options.exe_extensions);
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	kfree(sbi);
@@ -855,6 +858,7 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_f
 		seq_puts(m, ",quiet");
 	if (opts->showexec)
 		seq_puts(m, ",showexec");
+	seq_printf(m, ",exe_extensions=%s", opts->exe_extensions);
 	if (opts->sys_immutable)
 		seq_puts(m, ",sys_immutable");
 	if (!isvfat) {
@@ -897,7 +901,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_shortname_winnt, Opt_shortname_mixed, Opt_utf8_no, Opt_utf8_yes,
 	Opt_uni_xl_no, Opt_uni_xl_yes, Opt_nonumtail_no, Opt_nonumtail_yes,
 	Opt_obsolate, Opt_flush, Opt_tz_utc, Opt_rodir, Opt_err_cont,
-	Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro, Opt_discard, Opt_err,
+	Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro, Opt_discard, Opt_err, Opt_exe_extensions
 };
 
 static const match_table_t fat_tokens = {
@@ -918,6 +922,7 @@ static const match_table_t fat_tokens =
 	{Opt_nocase, "nocase"},
 	{Opt_quiet, "quiet"},
 	{Opt_showexec, "showexec"},
+	{Opt_exe_extensions, "exe_extensions=%s"},
 	{Opt_debug, "debug"},
 	{Opt_immutable, "sys_immutable"},
 	{Opt_flush, "flush"},
@@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_bl
 	char *p;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 	int option;
-	char *iocharset;
+	char *iocharset, *exe_extensions;
 
 	opts->isvfat = is_vfat;
 
@@ -993,6 +998,7 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_bl
 	opts->allow_utime = -1;
 	opts->codepage = fat_default_codepage;
 	opts->iocharset = fat_default_iocharset;
+	opts->exe_extensions = fat_default_exe_extensions;
 	if (is_vfat) {
 		opts->shortname = VFAT_SFN_DISPLAY_WINNT|VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WIN95;
 		opts->rodir = 0;
@@ -1052,6 +1058,14 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_bl
 		case Opt_showexec:
 			opts->showexec = 1;
 			break;
+		case Opt_exe_extensions:
+			if (opts->exe_extensions != fat_default_exe_extensions)
+				kfree(opts->exe_extensions);
+			exe_extensions = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!exe_extensions)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			opts->exe_extensions = exe_extensions;
+			break;
 		case Opt_debug:
 			*debug = 1;
 			break;