diff --git a/doc/README.bootcount b/doc/README.bootcount
index f6c5f82f98..cce66d4d70 100644
--- a/doc/README.bootcount
+++ b/doc/README.bootcount
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ It is the responsibility of some application code (typically a Linux
 application) to reset the variable "bootcount" to 0 when the system booted
 successfully, thus allowing for more boot cycles.
 
-CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_FS
 --------------------
 
-This adds support for maintaining boot count in a file on an EXT filesystem.
+This adds support for maintaining boot count in a file on a filesystem.
+Supported filesystems are FAT and EXT.
+
 The file to use is defined by:
 
-CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_INTERFACE
-CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_DEVPART
-CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_NAME
+CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_INTERFACE
+CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_DEVPART
+CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_NAME
 
 The format of the file is:
 
diff --git a/drivers/bootcount/Kconfig b/drivers/bootcount/Kconfig
index 3c56253b1e..a39a7556bb 100644
--- a/drivers/bootcount/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/bootcount/Kconfig
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ config BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC
 	    Set to the address where the bootcount and bootcount magic
 	    will be stored.
 
-config BOOTCOUNT_EXT
-	bool "Boot counter on EXT filesystem"
-	depends on FS_EXT4
-	select EXT4_WRITE
+config BOOTCOUNT_FS
+	bool "Boot counter on filesystem"
+	depends on FS_EXT4 || FS_FAT
 	help
 	  Add support for maintaining boot count in a file on an EXT
 	  filesystem.
@@ -177,6 +176,30 @@ config BOOTCOUNT_BOOTLIMIT
 	  counter being cleared.
 	  If set to 0, do not set a boot limit in the environment.
 
+if BOOTCOUNT_FS
+choice
+	prompt "Filesystem type"
+	default BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+
+config BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+	bool "Boot counter on EXT filesystem"
+	depends on FS_EXT4
+	select EXT4_WRITE
+	help
+	  Add support for maintaining boot count in a file on an EXT
+	  filesystem.
+
+config BOOTCOUNT_FAT
+	bool "Boot counter on FAT filesystem"
+	depends on FS_FAT
+	select FAT_WRITE
+	help
+	  Add support for maintaining boot count in a file on a FAT
+	  filesystem.
+
+endchoice
+endif
+
 config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_SINGLEWORD
 	bool "Use single word to pack boot count and magic value"
 	depends on BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC
@@ -184,26 +207,26 @@ config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_SINGLEWORD
 	  This option enables packing boot count magic value and boot count
 	  into single word (32 bits).
 
-config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_INTERFACE
+config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_INTERFACE
 	string "Interface on which to find boot counter EXT filesystem"
 	default "mmc"
-	depends on BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+	depends on BOOTCOUNT_FS
 	help
 	  Set the interface to use when locating the filesystem to use for the
 	  boot counter.
 
-config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_DEVPART
+config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_DEVPART
 	string "Partition of the boot counter EXT filesystem"
 	default "0:1"
-	depends on BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+	depends on BOOTCOUNT_FS
 	help
 	  Set the partition to use when locating the filesystem to use for the
 	  boot counter.
 
-config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_NAME
+config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_NAME
 	string "Path and filename of the EXT filesystem based boot counter"
 	default "/boot/failures"
-	depends on BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+	depends on BOOTCOUNT_FS
 	help
 	  Set the filename and path of the file used to store the boot counter.
 
@@ -211,18 +234,18 @@ config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR
 	hex "RAM address used for reading and writing the boot counter"
 	default 0x44E3E000 if BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX || BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX_NVMEM
 	default 0xE0115FF8 if ARCH_LS1043A || ARCH_LS1021A
-	depends on BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX || BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_EXT || \
+	depends on BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX || BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_FS || \
 		   BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX_NVMEM
 	help
 	  Set the address used for reading and writing the boot counter.
 
 config SYS_BOOTCOUNT_MAGIC
 	hex "Magic value for the boot counter"
-	default 0xB001C041 if BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_EXT || \
+	default 0xB001C041 if BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_FS || \
 			      BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX || BOOTCOUNT_ENV || \
 			      BOOTCOUNT_RAM || BOOTCOUNT_AT91 || DM_BOOTCOUNT
 	default 0xB0 if BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX_NVMEM
-	depends on BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_EXT || \
+	depends on BOOTCOUNT_GENERIC || BOOTCOUNT_FS || \
 		   BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX || BOOTCOUNT_ENV || \
 		   BOOTCOUNT_RAM || BOOTCOUNT_AT91 || DM_BOOTCOUNT || \
 		   BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX_NVMEM
diff --git a/drivers/bootcount/Makefile b/drivers/bootcount/Makefile
index e7771f5b36..c0427434d7 100644
--- a/drivers/bootcount/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bootcount/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_AT91)	+= bootcount_at91.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX)	+= bootcount_davinci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_RAM)	+= bootcount_ram.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_ENV)	+= bootcount_env.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_EXT)	+= bootcount_ext.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_FS)	+= bootcount_ext.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_AM33XX_NVMEM)	+= bootcount_nvmem.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_BOOTCOUNT)      += bootcount-uclass.o
diff --git a/drivers/bootcount/bootcount_ext.c b/drivers/bootcount/bootcount_ext.c
index 9639e638e9..660bea2db2 100644
--- a/drivers/bootcount/bootcount_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/bootcount/bootcount_ext.c
@@ -19,14 +19,20 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static u8 upgrade_available = 1;
 
+#ifdef BOOTCOUNT_EXT
+static u8 bootcount_fstype = FS_TYPE_EXT;
+#else
+static u8 bootcount_fstype = FS_TYPE_FAT;
+#endif
+
 void bootcount_store(ulong a)
 {
 	bootcount_ext_t *buf;
 	loff_t len;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (fs_set_blk_dev(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_INTERFACE,
-			   CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_DEVPART, FS_TYPE_EXT)) {
+	if (fs_set_blk_dev(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_INTERFACE,
+			   CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_DEVPART, bootcount_fstype)) {
 		puts("Error selecting device\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ void bootcount_store(ulong a)
 	buf->upgrade_available = upgrade_available;
 	unmap_sysmem(buf);
 
-	ret = fs_write(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_NAME,
+	ret = fs_write(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_NAME,
 		       CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR, 0, sizeof(bootcount_ext_t),
 		       &len);
 	if (ret != 0)
@@ -55,13 +61,13 @@ ulong bootcount_load(void)
 	loff_t len_read;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (fs_set_blk_dev(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_INTERFACE,
-			   CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_DEVPART, FS_TYPE_EXT)) {
+	if (fs_set_blk_dev(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_INTERFACE,
+			   CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_DEVPART, bootcount_fstype)) {
 		puts("Error selecting device\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = fs_read(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_EXT_NAME, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR,
+	ret = fs_read(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_FS_NAME, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR,
 		      0, sizeof(bootcount_ext_t), &len_read);
 	if (ret != 0 || len_read != sizeof(bootcount_ext_t)) {
 		puts("Error loading bootcount\n");
