diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
index 44e668a09c0..6ef7f37f58b 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/config.php
@@ -279,13 +279,14 @@ class OC_Mount_Config {
 	* @return array
 	*/
 	private static function readData($isPersonal) {
+		$parser = new \OC\ArrayParser();
 		if ($isPersonal) {
 			$file = OC_User::getHome(OCP\User::getUser()).'/mount.php';
 		} else {
 			$file = OC::$SERVERROOT.'/config/mount.php';
 		}
 		if (is_file($file)) {
-			$mountPoints = include $file;
+			$mountPoints = $parser->parsePHP(file_get_contents($file));
 			if (is_array($mountPoints)) {
 				return $mountPoints;
 			}
diff --git a/lib/arrayparser.php b/lib/arrayparser.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bb394a5163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arrayparser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @author Robin Appelman
+ * @copyright 2013 Robin Appelman icewind@owncloud.com
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC;
+
+class SyntaxException extends \Exception {
+}
+
+class ArrayParser {
+	const TYPE_NUM = 1;
+	const TYPE_BOOL = 2;
+	const TYPE_STRING = 3;
+	const TYPE_ARRAY = 4;
+
+	function parsePHP($string) {
+		$string = $this->stripPHPTags($string);
+		$string = $this->stripAssignAndReturn($string);
+		return $this->parse($string);
+	}
+
+	function stripPHPTags($string) {
+		$string = trim($string);
+		if (substr($string, 0, 5) === '<?php') {
+			$string = substr($string, 5);
+		}
+		if (substr($string, -2) === '?>') {
+			$string = substr($string, 0, -2);
+		}
+		return $string;
+	}
+
+	function stripAssignAndReturn($string) {
+		$string = trim($string);
+		if (substr($string, 0, 6) === 'return') {
+			$string = substr($string, 6);
+		}
+		if (substr($string, 0, 1) === '$') {
+			list(, $string) = explode('=', $string, 2);
+		}
+		return $string;
+	}
+
+	function parse($string) {
+		$string = trim($string);
+		$string = trim($string, ';');
+		switch ($this->getType($string)) {
+			case self::TYPE_NUM:
+				return $this->parseNum($string);
+			case self::TYPE_BOOL:
+				return $this->parseBool($string);
+			case self::TYPE_STRING:
+				return $this->parseString($string);
+			case self::TYPE_ARRAY:
+				return $this->parseArray($string);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	function getType($string) {
+		$string = strtolower($string);
+		$first = substr($string, 0, 1);
+		$last = substr($string, -1, 1);
+		$arrayFirst = substr($string, 0, 5);
+		if (($first === '"' or $first === "'") and ($last === '"' or $last === "'")) {
+			return self::TYPE_STRING;
+		} elseif ($string === 'false' or $string === 'true') {
+			return self::TYPE_BOOL;
+		} elseif ($arrayFirst === 'array' and $last === ')') {
+			return self::TYPE_ARRAY;
+		} else {
+			return self::TYPE_NUM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function parseString($string) {
+		return substr($string, 1, -1);
+	}
+
+	function parseNum($string) {
+		return intval($string);
+	}
+
+	function parseBool($string) {
+		$string = strtolower($string);
+		return $string === 'true';
+	}
+
+	function parseArray($string) {
+		$body = substr($string, 5);
+		$body = trim($body);
+		$body = substr($body, 1, -1);
+		$items = $this->splitArray($body);
+		$result = array();
+		$lastKey = -1;
+		foreach ($items as $item) {
+			$item = trim($item);
+			if ($item) {
+				if (strpos($item, '=>')) {
+					list($key, $value) = explode('=>', $item, 2);
+					$key = $this->parse($key);
+					$value = $this->parse($value);
+				} else {
+					$key = ++$lastKey;
+					$value = $item;
+				}
+
+				if (is_numeric($key)) {
+					$lastKey = $key;
+				}
+				$result[$key] = $value;
+			}
+		}
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+	function splitArray($body) {
+		$inSingleQuote = false;//keep track if we are inside quotes
+		$inDoubleQuote = false;
+		$bracketDepth = 0;//keep track if we are inside brackets
+		$parts = array();
+		$start = 0;
+		$escaped = false;//keep track if we are after an escape character
+		$skips = array();//keep track of the escape characters we need to remove from the result
+		if (substr($body, -1, 1) !== ',') {
+			$body .= ',';
+		}
+		for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($body); $i++) {
+			$char = substr($body, $i, 1);
+			if ($char === '\\') {
+				if ($escaped) {
+					array_unshift($skips, $i - 1);
+				}
+				$escaped = !$escaped;
+			} else {
+				if ($char === '"' and !$inSingleQuote) {
+					if ($escaped) {
+						array_unshift($skips, $i - 1);
+					} else {
+						$inDoubleQuote = !$inDoubleQuote;
+					}
+				} elseif ($char === "'" and !$inDoubleQuote) {
+					if ($escaped) {
+						array_unshift($skips, $i - 1);
+					} else {
+						$inSingleQuote = !$inSingleQuote;
+					}
+				} elseif (!$inDoubleQuote and !$inSingleQuote) {
+					if ($char === '(') {
+						$bracketDepth++;
+					} elseif ($char === ')') {
+						if ($bracketDepth <= 0) {
+							throw new SyntaxException;
+						} else {
+							$bracketDepth--;
+						}
+					} elseif ($bracketDepth === 0 and $char === ',') {
+						$part = substr($body, $start, $i - $start);
+						foreach ($skips as $skip) {
+							$part = substr($part, 0, $skip - $start) . substr($part, $skip - $start + 1);
+						}
+						$parts[] = $part;
+						$start = $i + 1;
+						$skips = array();
+					}
+				}
+				$escaped = false;
+			}
+		}
+		return $parts;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/files/filesystem.php b/lib/files/filesystem.php
index f4530868077..89a9ab29212 100644
--- a/lib/files/filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/files/filesystem.php
@@ -215,9 +215,11 @@ class Filesystem {
 		if ($user == '') {
 			$user = \OC_User::getUser();
 		}
+		$parser = new \OC\ArrayParser();
+
 		// Load system mount points
 		if (is_file(\OC::$SERVERROOT . '/config/mount.php')) {
-			$mountConfig = include 'config/mount.php';
+			$mountConfig = $parser->parsePHP(file_get_contents(\OC::$SERVERROOT . '/config/mount.php'));
 			if (isset($mountConfig['global'])) {
 				foreach ($mountConfig['global'] as $mountPoint => $options) {
 					self::mount($options['class'], $options['options'], $mountPoint);
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ class Filesystem {
 		$root = \OC_User::getHome($user);
 		self::mount('\OC\Files\Storage\Local', array('datadir' => $root), $user);
 		if (is_file($root . '/mount.php')) {
-			$mountConfig = include $root . '/mount.php';
+			$mountConfig = $parser->parsePHP(file_get_contents($root . '/mount.php'));
 			if (isset($mountConfig['user'][$user])) {
 				foreach ($mountConfig['user'][$user] as $mountPoint => $options) {
 					self::mount($options['class'], $options['options'], $mountPoint);
@@ -613,11 +615,11 @@ class Filesystem {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	* Get the owner for a file or folder
-	*
-	* @param string $path
-	* @return string
-	*/
+	 * Get the owner for a file or folder
+	 *
+	 * @param string $path
+	 * @return string
+	 */
 	public static function getOwner($path) {
 		return self::$defaultInstance->getOwner($path);
 	}