diff --git a/conversions.go b/conversions.go
index b30a643..755cdbe 100644
--- a/conversions.go
+++ b/conversions.go
@@ -420,6 +420,19 @@ func convertInMessage(
 			Flags:        fusekernel.InitFlags(in.Flags),
 		}
 
+	case fusekernel.OpRemovexattr:
+		buf := inMsg.ConsumeBytes(inMsg.Len())
+		n := len(buf)
+		if n == 0 || buf[n-1] != '\x00' {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpRemovexattr")
+			return
+		}
+
+		o = &fuseops.RemoveXattrOp{
+			Inode: fuseops.InodeID(inMsg.Header().Nodeid),
+			Name:  string(buf[:n-1]),
+		}
+
 	default:
 		o = &unknownOp{
 			OpCode: inMsg.Header().Opcode,
@@ -623,6 +636,9 @@ func (c *Connection) kernelResponseForOp(
 		out.St.Bsize = o.IoSize
 		out.St.Frsize = o.BlockSize
 
+	case *fuseops.RemoveXattrOp:
+		// Empty response
+
 	case *initOp:
 		out := (*fusekernel.InitOut)(m.Grow(int(unsafe.Sizeof(fusekernel.InitOut{}))))
 
diff --git a/fuseops/ops.go b/fuseops/ops.go
index f8fa739..f4bc89d 100644
--- a/fuseops/ops.go
+++ b/fuseops/ops.go
@@ -767,3 +767,16 @@ type ReadSymlinkOp struct {
 	// Set by the file system: the target of the symlink.
 	Target string
 }
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// eXtended attributes
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// Remove an extended attribute
+type RemoveXattrOp struct {
+	// The inode that we are reading
+	Inode InodeID
+
+	// The name of the extended attribute
+	Name string
+}
diff --git a/fuseutil/file_system.go b/fuseutil/file_system.go
index 2921c1d..88f529c 100644
--- a/fuseutil/file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/file_system.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type FileSystem interface {
 	FlushFile(context.Context, *fuseops.FlushFileOp) error
 	ReleaseFileHandle(context.Context, *fuseops.ReleaseFileHandleOp) error
 	ReadSymlink(context.Context, *fuseops.ReadSymlinkOp) error
+	RemoveXattr(context.Context, *fuseops.RemoveXattrOp) error
 
 	// Regard all inodes (including the root inode) as having their lookup counts
 	// decremented to zero, and clean up any resources associated with the file
@@ -186,6 +187,9 @@ func (s *fileSystemServer) handleOp(
 
 	case *fuseops.ReadSymlinkOp:
 		err = s.fs.ReadSymlink(ctx, typed)
+
+	case *fuseops.RemoveXattrOp:
+		err = s.fs.RemoveXattr(ctx, typed)
 	}
 
 	c.Reply(ctx, err)
diff --git a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
index fc082d2..5df1fb3 100644
--- a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
@@ -183,5 +183,12 @@ func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) ReadSymlink(
 	return
 }
 
+func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) RemoveXattr(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	op *fuseops.RemoveXattrOp) (err error) {
+	err = fuse.ENOSYS
+	return
+}
+
 func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) Destroy() {
 }