diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index c301362..18ab8c8 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 pkgname=syslinux
 pkgver=6.03
 _tag=syslinux-$pkgver
-pkgrel=8
+pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc='Collection of boot loaders that boot from FAT, ext2/3/4 and btrfs filesystems, from CDs and via PXE'
 url='http://www.syslinux.org/'
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ source=(git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git#tag=$_tag
         correct_base_type.patch::http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/patch/83aad4f
         set_mode_base.patch::http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/patch/0a2dbb3
         fix_return_pointer.patch::http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/patch/8dc6d758b564a1ccc44c3ae11f265d43628219ce
+        ext4_64bit.patch::http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/patch/af7e95c32cea40c1e443ae301e64b27f068b4915
         fix_infinite_loop_tests.patch
 )
 sha1sums=('SKIP'
           '1145f454bd297d373ad123425f93620c3e92f585'
-          '6bf38a8de1891ba3fbea27ef73cc4a8047c1b6c7'
+          'df5160a138ca8c6502d67fe1a64fec78b50e82c2'
           '6ebf77bf028c928a6ef33dadeee7402b3113b6d3'
           'eaa9f5cd82b501f076ece4812d2d37f49d02caae'
           'c6a6e96e233b2f8105503725cd614abc1bac2845'
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ sha1sums=('SKIP'
           'e24bf5b1617bab4a3f46925c5a8ee6079f4686bf'
           '500c174fce91133d40024b28f6f5cedb144b84c2'
           'b3d2196aaec154749c5b796c6d9bfd605a918cf8'
+          'fe3ab41235aa57259bb6af8cc30c5877c1d8fb57'
           '7ecb02550666dfafeb0b22a67dcc34caa4b79767')
 
 _targets='bios efi32'
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ prepare() {
   # fix infinite loop in load_linux
   patch -p1 < ../fix_infinite_loop_tests.patch
 
+  # add support for ext4 64bit feature
+  patch -p1 < ../ext4_64bit.patch
+
   # do not swallow efi compilation output to make debugging easier
   sed 's|> /dev/null 2>&1||' -i efi/check-gnu-efi.sh
 
diff --git a/trunk/syslinux-install_update b/trunk/syslinux-install_update
index 13dbe25..63bbd03 100644
--- a/trunk/syslinux-install_update
+++ b/trunk/syslinux-install_update
@@ -204,11 +204,6 @@ getBoot() {
         echo "Could not find filesystem on / (root) or /boot."
         exit 1
     fi
-
-    if [[ $bootfs = ext4 && -n "$(tune2fs -l $bootpart | grep 64bit)" ]]; then
-        echo "64 bit option on EXT filesystem is not supported by Syslinux, see http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem#ext";
-        exit 1
-    fi
 }
 
 # We store the partition table type either gpt or mbr in var ptb