diff --git a/lib/pkgfs.lua b/lib/pkgfs.lua
index 2f6ee60..94d1df8 100644
--- a/lib/pkgfs.lua
+++ b/lib/pkgfs.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ local w, lz16 = pcall(require, "liblz16")
 if not w then lz16 = nil end
 
 pkgfs = {}
+pkgfs.files = {}
 local findex = {}
 local handles = {}
 local hc = 0
@@ -98,17 +99,35 @@ function pkgfs.component.close(handle)
  return true
 end
 
-function pkgfs.add(fname,comp) -- string boolean -- -- Add a package as specified in *fname* to the pkgfs component. If *comp* is true, read it as a LZ16-compressed package.
- if fname:sub(1,1) ~= "/" then
-  fname = "/"..fnormalize(os.getenv("PWD").."/"..fname)
+local function index()
+ findex = {}
+ for k,v in pairs(pkgfs.files) do
+  fname, comp = v[1], v[2]
+  if fname:sub(1,1) ~= "/" then
+   fname = "/"..fnormalize(os.getenv("PWD").."/"..fname)
+  end
+  local f = fopen(fname,comp)
+  if not f then error("unable to open file") end
+  print(fname)
+  for name, read, fsize in mtar.iter(f) do
+   findex[fnormalize(name)] = {fname,comp}
+  end
+  f:close()
  end
- local f = fopen(fname,comp)
- if not fname then error("unable to open file") end
- print(fname)
- for name, read, fsize in mtar.iter(f) do
-  findex[fnormalize(name)] = {fname,comp}
+ return true
+end
+
+function pkgfs.add(fname,comp) -- string boolean -- boolean -- Add a package as specified in *fname* to the pkgfs component. If *comp* is true, read it as a LZ16-compressed package.
+ pkgfs.files[#pkgfs.files+1] = {fname,comp}
+ return index()
+end
+function pkgfs.remove(fname) -- string -- boolean -- Removes the package specified by *fname* from the pkgfs index.
+ for k,v in pairs(pkgfs.files) do
+  if v[1] == fname then
+   table.remove(pkgfs.files,k)
+  end
  end
- f:close()
+ return index()
 end
 
 fs.makeDirectory("/pkg")