diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84c86314..0866bf94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 /app/cache/**/*.lock
 /app/cache/**/*.tmp
 /app/log/*
+/ext/*
 /public/img/avatars/*
 /public/img/og/*
 /public/.htaccess
diff --git a/app/Models/Pages/Admin/Update.php b/app/Models/Pages/Admin/Update.php
index 778c73a4..00e1c28b 100644
--- a/app/Models/Pages/Admin/Update.php
+++ b/app/Models/Pages/Admin/Update.php
@@ -921,4 +921,22 @@ class Update extends Admin
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * rev.69 to rev.70
+     */
+    protected function stageNumber69(array $args): ?int
+    {
+        $coreConfig = new CoreConfig($this->configFile);
+
+        $coreConfig->add(
+            'shared=>%DIR_EXT%',
+            '\'%DIR_ROOT%/ext\'',
+            '%DIR_VIEWS%'
+        );
+
+        $coreConfig->save();
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/config/main.dist.php b/app/config/main.dist.php
index 6a1dbfa8..54db0254 100644
--- a/app/config/main.dist.php
+++ b/app/config/main.dist.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ return [
         '%DIR_LANG%'   => '%DIR_APP%/lang',
         '%DIR_LOG%'    => '%DIR_APP%/log',
         '%DIR_VIEWS%'  => '%DIR_APP%/templates',
+        '%DIR_EXT%'    => '%DIR_ROOT%/ext',
 
         'DB' => [
             'class' => \ForkBB\Core\DB::class,
diff --git a/ext/.gitkeep b/ext/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b