diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
index 04e395849e..34fc8e7151 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
@@ -48,26 +48,27 @@ extern "C" {
      } Ecore_File_Event;
    
    
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_init        (void);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_shutdown    (void);
-   EAPI time_t      ecore_file_mod_time    (const char *file);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_exists      (const char *file);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_is_dir      (const char *file);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_mkdir       (const char *dir);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_rmdir       (const char *dir);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_mkpath      (const char *path);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_cp          (const char *src, const char *dst);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_mv          (const char *src, const char *dst);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_realpath    (const char *file);
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_unlink      (const char *file);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_file    (char *path);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_dir     (char *path);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_init         (void);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_shutdown     (void);
+   EAPI time_t      ecore_file_mod_time     (const char *file);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_exists       (const char *file);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_is_dir       (const char *file);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_mkdir        (const char *dir);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_rmdir        (const char *dir);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_recursive_rm (const char *dir);   
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_mkpath       (const char *path);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_cp           (const char *src, const char *dst);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_mv           (const char *src, const char *dst);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_realpath     (const char *file);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_unlink       (const char *file);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_file     (char *path);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_dir      (char *path);
 
-   EAPI int         ecore_file_can_exec    (const char *file);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_readlink    (const char *link);
-   EAPI Ecore_List *ecore_file_ls          (const char *dir);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_app_exe_get (const char *app);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_strip_ext   (const char *file);
+   EAPI int         ecore_file_can_exec     (const char *file);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_readlink     (const char *link);
+   EAPI Ecore_List *ecore_file_ls           (const char *dir);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_app_exe_get  (const char *app);
+   EAPI char       *ecore_file_strip_ext    (const char *file);
    
    EAPI Ecore_File_Monitor *ecore_file_monitor_add(const char *path,
 						   void (*func) (void *data,
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index 846e867d56..a992ba0c54 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "ecore_file_private.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+
 static int init = 0;
 
 /* externally accessible functions */
@@ -93,6 +94,47 @@ ecore_file_unlink(const char *file)
    return 1;
 }
 
+int
+ecore_file_recursive_rm(const char *dir)
+{    
+   DIR                *dirp;
+   struct dirent      *dp;
+   Ecore_List        *list;
+   int                ret;
+
+   ret = 0;
+   dirp = opendir(dir);
+   if (!dirp) return ret;
+   
+   while ((dp = readdir(dirp)))
+     {
+	if ((strcmp(dp->d_name, ".")) && (strcmp(dp->d_name, "..")))
+	  {
+	     char path[PATH_MAX];
+	     struct stat st;
+	     
+	     snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", dir, dp->d_name);
+	     if (stat(path, &st) == -1) { ret = 0; continue; }
+	     
+	     if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+	       {
+		  ecore_file_recursive_rm(path);
+		  ecore_file_rmdir(path);
+	       }
+	     else if(S_ISREG(st.st_mode)||S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
+	       {
+		  ecore_file_unlink(path);
+	       }
+	  }
+     }
+   closedir(dirp);
+
+   if(ecore_file_rmdir(dir))
+     ret = 1;
+   
+   return ret;
+}
+
 int
 ecore_file_mkpath(const char *path)
 {