diff --git a/nandroid.c b/nandroid.c
index 54d212a..9c683a3 100644
--- a/nandroid.c
+++ b/nandroid.c
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
 
     if (0 != (ret = nandroid_backup_partition(backup_path, "CACHE:", "cache")))
         return ret;
+
+    if (0 != ensure_root_path_mounted("SDEXT:"))
+        ui_print("No sd-ext found. Skipping backup.\n");
+    else if (0 != (ret = nandroid_backup_partition(backup_path, "SDEXT:", "sd-ext")))
+        return ret;
     
     ui_print("Generating md5 sum...\n");
     sprintf(tmp, "cd %s && (md5sum *img > nandroid.md5)", backup_path);