diff --git a/src/driver/file.cpp b/src/driver/file.cpp
index 3886ca194..2794c3f79 100644
--- a/src/driver/file.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/file.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ static const file_ext_s file_ext[] =
 	{ "url",	CFile::STREAM_AUDIO	},
 	{ "vob",	CFile::FILE_VOB		},
 	{ "wav",	CFile::FILE_WAV		},
-	{ "xml",	CFile::FILE_XML		}
+	{ "xml",	CFile::FILE_XML		},
+	{ "zip",	CFile::FILE_ZIP_PACKAGE	}
 };
 
 int mycasecmp(const void * a, const void * b)
diff --git a/src/driver/file.h b/src/driver/file.h
index 2a8fcf487..b51adc4a9 100644
--- a/src/driver/file.h
+++ b/src/driver/file.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class CFile
 			FILE_VOB,
 			FILE_WAV,
 			FILE_XML,
+			FILE_ZIP_PACKAGE,
 			STREAM_AUDIO,
 			STREAM_PICTURE
 		};
diff --git a/src/gui/update.cpp b/src/gui/update.cpp
index a56215eed..70ff91a28 100644
--- a/src/gui/update.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/update.cpp
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ bool CFlashUpdate::selectHttpImage(void)
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_ARM_HARDWARE || HAVE_MIPS_HARDWARE
-	if (gotImage && (filename.substr(filename.find_last_of(".") + 1) == "tgz"))
+	if (gotImage && (filename.substr(filename.find_last_of(".") + 1) == "tgz" || filename.substr(filename.find_last_of(".") + 1) == "zip"))
 	{
-		// manipulate fileType for tgz-packages
+		// manipulate fileType for tgz- or zip-packages
 		fileType = 'Z';
 	}
 #endif
@@ -441,7 +441,12 @@ bool CFlashUpdate::checkVersion4Update()
 
 		CFileFilter UpdatesFilter;
 		if (allow_flash)
+		{
 			UpdatesFilter.addFilter(FILEBROWSER_UPDATE_FILTER);
+#if HAVE_ARM_HARDWARE || HAVE_MIPS_HARDWARE
+			UpdatesFilter.addFilter("zip");
+#endif
+		}
 
 		std::string filters[] = {"bin", "txt", "opk", "ipk"};
 		for(size_t i=0; i<sizeof(filters)/sizeof(filters[0]) ;i++)
@@ -735,18 +740,18 @@ int CFlashUpdate::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const std::string &actionKey)
 			ShowHint(LOCALE_MESSAGEBOX_INFO, LOCALE_FLASHUPDATE_START_OFGWRITE);
 		hide();
 
-		const char ofgwrite_tgz[] = "/bin/ofgwrite_tgz";
-		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[update] calling %s %s %s %s\n", ofgwrite_tgz, g_settings.update_dir.c_str(), filename.c_str(), ofgwrite_options.c_str());
+		const char ofgwrite_caller[] = "/usr/bin/ofgwrite_caller";
+		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[update] calling %s %s %s %s\n", ofgwrite_caller, g_settings.update_dir.c_str(), filename.c_str(), ofgwrite_options.c_str());
 #ifndef DRYRUN
 		if (flashing)
-			my_system(4, ofgwrite_tgz, g_settings.update_dir.c_str(), filename.c_str(), ofgwrite_options.c_str());
+			my_system(4, ofgwrite_caller, g_settings.update_dir.c_str(), filename.c_str(), ofgwrite_options.c_str());
 
 		/*
 		   TODO: fix osd-flickering
 		   Neutrino is clearing framebuffer, so ofgwrite's gui is cleared too.
 		*/
 
-		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[update] %s done\n", ofgwrite_tgz);
+		dprintf(DEBUG_NORMAL, "[update] %s done\n", ofgwrite_caller);
 
 		if (restart == CMsgBox::mbrYes)
 			CNeutrinoApp::getInstance()->exec(NULL, "reboot");