diff --git a/radio/src/CMakeLists.txt b/radio/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b7a7457d..31172013f 100644
--- a/radio/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/radio/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,16 +202,55 @@ if(NOT LUA STREQUAL NO)
   if(LUA STREQUAL YES)
     add_definitions(-DLUA_MODEL_SCRIPTS)
   endif()
-  set(SRC ${SRC} lua/interface.cpp lua/api_general.cpp lua/api_model.cpp)
+  
+  # TODO: LUA CMAKE
+  set(SRC ${SRC} 
+    lua/interface.cpp 
+    lua/api_general.cpp 
+    lua/api_model.cpp
+    lua/api_filesystem.cpp
+  )
+
   if(GUI_DIR STREQUAL colorlcd)
     set(SRC ${SRC} lua/api_colorlcd.cpp lua/widgets.cpp)
   else()
     set(SRC ${SRC} lua/api_stdlcd.cpp)
   endif()
-  set(LUA_SRC lapi.c lcode.c lctype.c ldebug.c ldo.c ldump.c lfunc.c lgc.c llex.c lmem.c lobject.c lopcodes.c lparser.c
-    lstate.c lstring.c ltable.c lrotable.c ltm.c lundump.c lvm.c lzio.c linit.c
-    lbaselib.c lmathlib.c lbitlib.c loadlib.c lauxlib.c ltablib.c lcorolib.c liolib.c lstrlib.c
-    )
+
+  set(LUA_SRC 
+    lapi.c 
+    lcode.c 
+    lctype.c 
+    ldebug.c 
+    ldo.c 
+    ldump.c 
+    lfunc.c 
+    lgc.c 
+    llex.c 
+    lmem.c 
+    lobject.c 
+    lopcodes.c 
+    lparser.c
+    lstate.c 
+    lstring.c 
+    ltable.c 
+    lrotable.c 
+    ltm.c 
+    lundump.c 
+    lvm.c 
+    lzio.c 
+    linit.c
+    lbaselib.c 
+    lmathlib.c 
+    lbitlib.c 
+    loadlib.c 
+    lauxlib.c 
+    ltablib.c 
+    lcorolib.c 
+    liolib.c 
+    lstrlib.c
+  )
+
   foreach(FILE ${LUA_SRC})
     set(SRC ${SRC} ${LUA_DIR}/${FILE})
   endforeach()
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp b/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
index 7be6b70d0..2f04fe0de 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_colorlcd.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include "opentx.h"
-#include "lua_api.h"
 #include "libopenui.h"
 
 #include "api_colorlcd.h"
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.cpp b/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39f2b1bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) OpenTX
+ *
+ * Based on code named
+ *   th9x - http://code.google.com/p/th9x
+ *   er9x - http://code.google.com/p/er9x
+ *   gruvin9x - http://code.google.com/p/gruvin9x
+ *
+ * License GPLv2: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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.
+ */
+
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include "lua_api.h"
+
+#include "api_filesystem.h"
+
+// garbage collector for luaDir
+static int dir_gc(lua_State* L)
+{
+  DIR* dir = (DIR*)lua_touserdata(L, 1);
+  if (dir) f_closedir(dir);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void registerDirIter(lua_State* L)
+{
+  luaL_newmetatable(L, DIR_METATABLE);
+  
+  /* set the garbage colector field */
+  lua_pushstring(L, "__gc");
+  lua_pushcfunction(L, dir_gc);
+  lua_settable(L, -3);
+
+  lua_pop(L, 1);
+}
+
+static int dir_iter(lua_State* L)
+{
+  DIR* dir = (DIR*)lua_touserdata(L, lua_upvalueindex(1));
+
+  FILINFO info;
+  FRESULT res = f_readdir(dir, &info);
+  if (res != FR_OK || info.fname[0] == 0) { /* Break on error or end of dir */
+    return 0;
+  }
+ 
+  lua_pushstring(L, info.fname);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/*luadoc
+@function dir(directory)
+
+ Return an iterator listing all the files and directories name in a directory
+
+@param directory (string) Working directory
+
+@status current Introduced in ????
+
+### Example
+
+```lua
+  for fname in dir(".") do
+    print(fname)
+  end
+
+*/
+int luaDir(lua_State* L)
+{
+  const char* path = luaL_optstring(L, 1, nullptr);
+  DIR* dir = (DIR*)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(DIR));
+
+  luaL_getmetatable(L, DIR_METATABLE);
+  lua_setmetatable(L, -2);
+
+  FRESULT res = f_opendir(dir, path);
+  if (res != FR_OK) {
+    printf("luaDir cannot open %s\n", path);
+  }
+  
+  lua_pushcclosure(L, dir_iter, 1);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/*luadoc
+@function fstat(path)
+
+ Checks the existence of file or directory.
+ If not exist, return nil.
+ If exist, return the object information.
+
+@param path (string) path to the object
+
+@retval table object info, table elements:
+* 'size' (number) file size
+* 'attrib' (number) file attribute flags
+* 'time' (table) table with last time modified date and times, table elements:
+  * `year` (number) year
+  * `mon` (number) month
+  * `day` (number) day of month
+  * `hour` (number) hours
+  * `hour12` (number) hours in US format
+  * `min` (number) minutes
+  * `sec` (number) seconds
+  * `suffix` (text) am or pm
+
+### Example
+
+```lua
+  info = fstat("radio")
+  if info ~= nil then
+    if (info.attrib == AM_DIR) then
+      print("is a directory")
+    end
+
+    size = info.size
+    time = info.time
+  end
+
+@status current Introduced in ????
+
+*/
+int luaFstat(lua_State* L)
+{
+  const char * path = luaL_optstring(L, 1, nullptr);
+
+  FRESULT res;
+  FILINFO info;
+
+  res = f_stat(path, &info);
+  if (res != FR_OK) {
+    printf("luaFstat cannot open %s\n", path);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  lua_newtable(L);
+  lua_pushtableinteger(L, "size", info.fsize);
+  lua_pushtableinteger(L, "attrib", info.fattrib);
+
+  uint32_t year = (info.fdate >> 9) + 1980;
+  uint32_t month = info.fdate >> 5 & 15;
+  uint32_t day = info.fdate & 31;
+  uint32_t hour = info.ftime >> 11;
+  uint32_t mn = info.ftime >> 5 & 63;
+  uint32_t sec = (info.ftime & 31) * 2;
+
+  lua_pushstring(L, "time");
+  luaPushDateTime(L, year, month, day, hour, mn, sec);
+  lua_settable(L, -3);
+
+  return 1;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.h b/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e7751dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_filesystem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) OpenTX
+ *
+ * Based on code named
+ *   th9x - http://code.google.com/p/th9x
+ *   er9x - http://code.google.com/p/er9x
+ *   gruvin9x - http://code.google.com/p/gruvin9x
+ *
+ * License GPLv2: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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.
+ */
+
+#define DIR_METATABLE "directory metatable"
+
+void registerDirIter(lua_State* L);
+int luaDir(lua_State* L);
+int luaFstat(lua_State* L);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp b/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
index 3b20c366b..e76e37326 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/api_general.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "opentx.h"
 #include "stamp.h"
 #include "lua_api.h"
+#include "api_filesystem.h"
 #include "telemetry/frsky.h"
 #include "telemetry/multi.h"
 
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ static int luaGetTime(lua_State * L)
   return 1;
 }
 
-static void luaPushDateTime(lua_State * L, uint32_t year, uint32_t mon, uint32_t day,
+void luaPushDateTime(lua_State * L, uint32_t year, uint32_t mon, uint32_t day,
                             uint32_t hour, uint32_t min, uint32_t sec)
 {
   uint32_t hour12 = hour;
@@ -1816,6 +1817,8 @@ const luaL_Reg opentxLib[] = {
   { "defaultChannel", luaDefaultChannel },
   { "getRSSI", luaGetRSSI },
   { "killEvents", luaKillEvents },
+  { "dir", luaDir },
+  { "fstat", luaFstat },
   { "chdir", luaChdir },
   { "loadScript", luaLoadScript },
   { "getUsage", luaGetUsage },
@@ -2175,5 +2178,11 @@ const luaR_value_entry opentxConstants[] = {
   {"UNIT_BITFIELD", UNIT_BITFIELD},
   {"UNIT_TEXT", UNIT_TEXT},
 
+  {"AM_RDO", AM_RDO},
+  {"AM_HID", AM_HID},
+  {"AM_SYS", AM_SYS},
+  {"AM_DIR", AM_DIR},
+  {"AM_ARC", AM_ARC},
+
   { nullptr, 0 }  /* sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/interface.cpp b/radio/src/lua/interface.cpp
index 1c53ca4bd..59a273e98 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/interface.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/lua/interface.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "sdcard.h"
 
 #if defined(LIBOPENUI)
+  #include "api_filesystem.h"
   #include "api_colorlcd.h"
   #include "libopenui.h"
 #else
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ void luaClose(lua_State ** L)
 void luaRegisterLibraries(lua_State * L)
 {
   luaL_openlibs(L);
+  registerDirIter(L);
+
 #if defined(COLORLCD)
   registerBitmapClass(L);
 #endif
diff --git a/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h b/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
index ca0d9c294..8b663c6ab 100644
--- a/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
+++ b/radio/src/lua/lua_api.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 #if defined(LUA)
 
+// prevent C++ code to be included from lua.h
+#include "rtos.h"
+
 extern "C" {
   #include <lua.h>
   #include <lauxlib.h>
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ extern "C" {
   #include <lgc.h>
 }
 
+#include "dataconstants.h"
+#include "opentx_types.h"
+
 #ifndef LUA_SCRIPT_LOAD_MODE
   // Can force loading of binary (.luac) or plain-text (.lua) versions of scripts specifically, and control
   //  compilation options. See interface.cpp:luaLoadScriptFileToState() <mode> parameter description for details.
@@ -209,6 +215,8 @@ void luaRegisterLibraries(lua_State * L);
 void registerBitmapClass(lua_State * L);
 void luaSetInstructionsLimit(lua_State* L, int count);
 int luaLoadScriptFileToState(lua_State * L, const char * filename, const char * mode);
+void luaPushDateTime(lua_State * L, uint32_t year, uint32_t mon, uint32_t day,
+                            uint32_t hour, uint32_t min, uint32_t sec);
 
 // Unregister LUA widget factories
 void luaUnregisterWidgets();