diff --git a/library/Core.cpp b/library/Core.cpp
index 0099d2cc0..6ffeea7b4 100644
--- a/library/Core.cpp
+++ b/library/Core.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "PluginManager.h"
 #include "ModuleFactory.h"
 #include "modules/EventManager.h"
+#include "modules/Filesystem.h"
 #include "modules/Gui.h"
 #include "modules/World.h"
 #include "modules/Graphic.h"
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ static std::string getScriptHelp(std::string path, std::string helpprefix)
 static void listScripts(PluginManager *plug_mgr, std::map<string,string> &pset, std::string path, bool all, std::string prefix = "")
 {
     std::vector<string> files;
-    getdir(path, files);
+    Filesystem::listdir(path, files);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < files.size(); i++)
     {
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index 37ee2252e..56264ebbf 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1991,6 +1991,26 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_filesystem_module[] = {
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
+static int filesystem_listdir(lua_State *L)
+{
+    luaL_checktype(L,1,LUA_TSTRING);
+    std::string dir=lua_tostring(L,1);
+    std::vector<std::string> files;
+    DFHack::Filesystem::listdir(dir, files);
+    lua_newtable(L);
+    for(int i=0;i<files.size();i++)
+    {
+        lua_pushinteger(L,i+1);
+        lua_pushstring(L,files[i].c_str());
+        lua_settable(L,-3);
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static const luaL_Reg dfhack_filesystem_funcs[] = {
+    {"listdir", filesystem_listdir},
+    {NULL, NULL}
+};
 
 /***** Internal module *****/
 
@@ -2283,21 +2303,6 @@ static int internal_diffscan(lua_State *L)
     lua_pushnil(L);
     return 1;
 }
-static int internal_getDir(lua_State *L)
-{
-    luaL_checktype(L,1,LUA_TSTRING);
-    std::string dir=lua_tostring(L,1);
-    std::vector<std::string> files;
-    DFHack::getdir(dir,files);
-    lua_newtable(L);
-    for(int i=0;i<files.size();i++)
-    {
-        lua_pushinteger(L,i+1);
-        lua_pushstring(L,files[i].c_str());
-        lua_settable(L,-3);
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
 
 static int internal_runCommand(lua_State *L)
 {
@@ -2384,7 +2389,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg dfhack_internal_funcs[] = {
     { "memcmp", internal_memcmp },
     { "memscan", internal_memscan },
     { "diffscan", internal_diffscan },
-    { "getDir", internal_getDir },
+    { "getDir", filesystem_listdir },
     { "runCommand", internal_runCommand },
     { "getModifiers", internal_getModifiers },
     { NULL, NULL }
@@ -2412,6 +2417,6 @@ void OpenDFHackApi(lua_State *state)
     OpenModule(state, "buildings", dfhack_buildings_module, dfhack_buildings_funcs);
     OpenModule(state, "constructions", dfhack_constructions_module);
     OpenModule(state, "screen", dfhack_screen_module, dfhack_screen_funcs);
-    OpenModule(state, "filesystem", dfhack_filesystem_module);
+    OpenModule(state, "filesystem", dfhack_filesystem_module, dfhack_filesystem_funcs);
     OpenModule(state, "internal", dfhack_internal_module, dfhack_internal_funcs);
 }
diff --git a/library/PluginManager.cpp b/library/PluginManager.cpp
index f108b9047..ce4dcae96 100644
--- a/library/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/library/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ distribution.
 */
 
 #include "modules/EventManager.h"
+#include "modules/Filesystem.h"
 #include "Internal.h"
 #include "Core.h"
 #include "MemAccess.h"
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ void PluginManager::init(Core * core)
     const string searchstr = ".plug.dll";
 #endif
     vector <string> filez;
-    getdir(path, filez);
+    Filesystem::listdir(path, filez);
     for(size_t i = 0; i < filez.size();i++)
     {
         if(hasEnding(filez[i],searchstr))
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ Plugin *PluginManager::getPluginByCommand(const std::string &command)
     if (iter != belongs.end())
         return iter->second;
     else
-        return NULL;    
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 // FIXME: handle name collisions...
diff --git a/library/Types.cpp b/library/Types.cpp
index 80d629934..5067c32ae 100644
--- a/library/Types.cpp
+++ b/library/Types.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ distribution.
 #include "Error.h"
 #include "Types.h"
 
+#include "modules/Filesystem.h"
+
 #ifndef LINUX_BUILD
     #include <Windows.h>
     #include "wdirent.h"
@@ -47,17 +49,7 @@ distribution.
 
 int DFHack::getdir(std::string dir, std::vector<std::string> &files)
 {
-    DIR *dp;
-    struct dirent *dirp;
-    if((dp  = opendir(dir.c_str())) == NULL)
-    {
-        return errno;
-    }
-    while ((dirp = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
-        files.push_back(std::string(dirp->d_name));
-    }
-    closedir(dp);
-    return 0;
+    return DFHack::Filesystem::listdir(dir, files);
 }
 
 bool DFHack::hasEnding (std::string const &fullString, std::string const &ending)
diff --git a/library/include/Types.h b/library/include/Types.h
index 6b175d180..157b23a0e 100644
--- a/library/include/Types.h
+++ b/library/include/Types.h
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ namespace DFHack
 
     DFHACK_EXPORT df::specific_ref *findRef(std::vector<df::specific_ref*> &vec, df::specific_ref_type type);
     DFHACK_EXPORT bool removeRef(std::vector<df::specific_ref*> &vec, df::specific_ref_type type, void *ptr);
-}// namespace DFHack
\ No newline at end of file
+}// namespace DFHack
diff --git a/library/include/modules/Filesystem.h b/library/include/modules/Filesystem.h
index 0e996e7e2..8cfe77fe7 100644
--- a/library/include/modules/Filesystem.h
+++ b/library/include/modules/Filesystem.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 #pragma once
 #include "Export.h"
+#include <vector>
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
     #ifndef _AIX
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
         #include <sys/utime.h>
     #endif
     #include <fcntl.h>
+    #include "wdirent.h"
 #else
     #include <unistd.h>
     #include <dirent.h>
@@ -157,5 +159,6 @@ namespace DFHack {
         DFHACK_EXPORT int64_t atime (std::string path);
         DFHACK_EXPORT int64_t ctime (std::string path);
         DFHACK_EXPORT int64_t mtime (std::string path);
+        DFHACK_EXPORT int listdir (std::string dir, std::vector<std::string> &files);
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
index 5b4a049e9..492bc7036 100644
--- a/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Filesystem.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ bool Filesystem::stat (std::string path, STAT_STRUCT &info)
 bool Filesystem::exists (std::string path)
 {
     STAT_STRUCT info;
-    return (bool)Filesystem::stat(path.c_str(), info);
+    return (bool)Filesystem::stat(path, info);
 }
 
 _filetype Filesystem::filetype (std::string path)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ bool Filesystem::isdir (std::string path)
 int64_t Filesystem::attr (std::string path) \
 { \
     STAT_STRUCT info; \
-    if (!Filesystem::stat(path.c_str(), info)) \
+    if (!Filesystem::stat(path, info)) \
         return -1; \
     return (int64_t)info.st_##attr; \
 }
@@ -158,3 +158,19 @@ DEFINE_STAT_TIME_WRAPPER(ctime);
 DEFINE_STAT_TIME_WRAPPER(mtime);
 
 #undef DEFINE_STAT_TIME_WRAPPER
+
+int Filesystem::listdir (std::string dir, std::vector<std::string> &files)
+{
+    DIR *dp;
+    struct dirent *dirp;
+    if((dp  = opendir(dir.c_str())) == NULL)
+    {
+        return errno;
+    }
+    while ((dirp = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
+        files.push_back(std::string(dirp->d_name));
+    }
+    closedir(dp);
+    return 0;
+}
+