diff --git a/src/device-config.coffee b/src/device-config.coffee
index 6b635c7d..b31133be 100644
--- a/src/device-config.coffee
+++ b/src/device-config.coffee
@@ -1,30 +1,11 @@
 Promise = require 'bluebird'
 _ = require 'lodash'
-fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs'))
 
 systemd = require './lib/systemd'
 { checkTruthy, checkInt } = require './lib/validation'
 { UnitNotLoadedError } = require './lib/errors'
 configUtils = require './lib/config-utils'
 
-forbiddenConfigKeys = [
-	'disable_commandline_tags'
-	'cmdline'
-	'kernel'
-	'kernel_address'
-	'kernel_old'
-	'ramfsfile'
-	'ramfsaddr'
-	'initramfs'
-	'device_tree_address'
-	'init_uart_baud'
-	'init_uart_clock'
-	'init_emmc_clock'
-	'boot_delay'
-	'boot_delay_ms'
-	'avoid_safe_mode'
-]
-
 vpnServiceName = 'openvpn-resin'
 
 module.exports = class DeviceConfig
@@ -64,11 +45,20 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 				.tapCatch (err) =>
 					@logger.logConfigChange(logValue, { err })
 			setBootConfig: (step) =>
-				@config.get('deviceType')
-				.then (deviceType) =>
-					@setBootConfig(deviceType, step.target)
+				@getConfigBackend()
+				.then (configBackend ) =>
+					@setBootConfig(configBackend, step.target)
 		}
 		@validActions = _.keys(@actionExecutors)
+		@configBackend = null
+
+	getConfigBackend: =>
+		if @configBackend?
+			Promise.resolve(@configBackend)
+		else
+			@config.get('deviceType').then (deviceType) =>
+				@configBackend = configUtils.getConfigBackend(deviceType)
+				return @configBackend
 
 	setTarget: (target, trx) =>
 		db = trx ? @db.models
@@ -82,10 +72,10 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 		.then ([ devConfig ]) =>
 			return Promise.all [
 				JSON.parse(devConfig.targetValues)
-				@config.get('deviceType')
+				@getConfigBackend()
 			]
-		.then ([ conf, deviceType ]) =>
-			conf = configUtils.filterConfigKeys(deviceType, @validKeys, conf)
+		.then ([ conf, configBackend ]) =>
+			conf = configUtils.filterConfigKeys(configBackend, @validKeys, conf)
 			if initial or !conf.RESIN_SUPERVISOR_VPN_CONTROL?
 				conf.RESIN_SUPERVISOR_VPN_CONTROL = 'true'
 			for own k, { envVarName, defaultValue } of @configKeys
@@ -93,11 +83,14 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 			return conf
 
 	getCurrent: =>
-		@config.getMany([ 'deviceType' ].concat(_.keys(@configKeys)))
-		.then (conf) =>
+		Promise.all [
+			@config.getMany([ 'deviceType' ].concat(_.keys(@configKeys)))
+			@getConfigBackend()
+		]
+		.then ([ conf, configBackend ]) =>
 			Promise.join(
 				@getVPNEnabled()
-				@getBootConfig(conf.deviceType)
+				@getBootConfig(configBackend)
 				(vpnStatus, bootConfig) =>
 					currentConf = {
 						RESIN_SUPERVISOR_VPN_CONTROL: (vpnStatus ? 'true').toString()
@@ -113,15 +106,17 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 				RESIN_SUPERVISOR_VPN_CONTROL: 'true'
 			}, _.mapValues(_.mapKeys(@configKeys, 'envVarName'), 'defaultValue'))
 
-	bootConfigChangeRequired: (deviceType, current, target) =>
-		targetBootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig(deviceType, target)
-		currentBootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig(deviceType, current)
+	bootConfigChangeRequired: (configBackend, current, target) =>
+		targetBootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig(configBackend, target)
+		currentBootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig(configBackend, current)
+
 		if !_.isEqual(currentBootConfig, targetBootConfig)
-			for key in forbiddenConfigKeys
-				if currentBootConfig[key] != targetBootConfig[key]
-					err = "Attempt to change blacklisted config value #{key}"
-					@logger.logSystemMessage(err, { error: err }, 'Apply boot config error')
-					throw new Error(err)
+			_.each targetBootConfig, (value, key) =>
+				if not configBackend.isSupportedConfig(key)
+					if currentBootConfig[key] != value
+						err = "Attempt to change blacklisted config value #{key}"
+						@logger.logSystemMessage(err, { error: err }, 'Apply boot config error')
+						throw new Error(err)
 			return true
 		return false
 
@@ -129,8 +124,11 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 		current = _.clone(currentState.local?.config ? {})
 		target = _.clone(targetState.local?.config ? {})
 		steps = []
-		@config.getMany([ 'deviceType', 'offlineMode' ])
-		.then ({ deviceType, offlineMode }) =>
+		Promise.all [
+			@config.getMany([ 'deviceType', 'offlineMode' ])
+			@getConfigBackend()
+		]
+		.then ([{ deviceType, offlineMode }, configBackend ]) =>
 			configChanges = {}
 			humanReadableConfigChanges = {}
 			match = {
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 						action: 'setVPNEnabled'
 						target: target['RESIN_SUPERVISOR_VPN_CONTROL']
 					})
-			if @bootConfigChangeRequired(deviceType, current, target)
+			if @bootConfigChangeRequired(configBackend, current, target)
 				steps.push({
 					action: 'setBootConfig'
 					target
@@ -177,27 +175,22 @@ module.exports = class DeviceConfig
 	executeStepAction: (step, opts) =>
 		@actionExecutors[step.action](step, opts)
 
-	readBootConfig: (deviceType) ->
-		fs.readFileAsync(configUtils.getBootConfigPath(deviceType), 'utf8')
-
-	getBootConfig: (deviceType) =>
-		Promise.try =>
-			if !configUtils.isConfigDeviceType(deviceType)
+	getBootConfig: (configBackend) ->
+		Promise.try ->
+			if !configBackend?
 				return {}
-			@readBootConfig(deviceType)
-			.then (configTxt) ->
+			configBackend.getBootConfig()
+			.then (config) ->
+				return configUtils.bootConfigToEnv(configBackend, config)
 
-				config = configUtils.parseBootConfig(deviceType, configTxt)
-				return configUtils.bootConfigToEnv(deviceType, config)
-
-	setBootConfig: (deviceType, target) =>
+	setBootConfig: (configBackend, target) =>
 		Promise.try =>
-			if !configUtils.isConfigDeviceType(deviceType)
+			if !configBackend?
 				return false
-			conf = configUtils.envToBootConfig(deviceType, target)
+			conf = configUtils.envToBootConfig(configBackend, target)
 			@logger.logSystemMessage("Applying boot config: #{JSON.stringify(conf)}", {}, 'Apply boot config in progress')
 
-			configUtils.setBootConfig(deviceType, conf)
+			configBackend.setBootConfig(conf)
 			.then =>
 				@logger.logSystemMessage("Applied boot config: #{JSON.stringify(conf)}", {}, 'Apply boot config success')
 				@rebootRequired = true
diff --git a/src/lib/config-backend.ts b/src/lib/config-backend.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..231f9265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/config-backend.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,371 @@
+import * as Promise from 'bluebird';
+import * as childProcessSync from 'child_process';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { fs } from 'mz';
+
+import * as constants from './constants';
+import * as fsUtils from './fs-utils';
+
+const childProcess: any = Promise.promisifyAll(childProcessSync);
+
+export interface ConfigOptions {
+	[key: string]: string | string[];
+}
+
+interface ExtLinuxFile {
+	labels: {
+		[labelName: string]: {
+			[directive: string]: string;
+		};
+	};
+	globals: { [directive: string]: string };
+}
+
+const bootMountPoint = constants.rootMountPoint + constants.bootMountPoint;
+
+function remountAndWriteAtomic(file: string, data: string): Promise<void> {
+	// TODO: Find out why the below Promise.resolve() is required
+	// Here's the dangerous part:
+	return Promise.resolve(childProcess.execAsync(`mount -t vfat -o remount,rw ${constants.bootBlockDevice} ${bootMountPoint}`))
+		.then(() => {
+			return fsUtils.writeFileAtomic(file, data);
+		})
+		.return();
+}
+
+export abstract class DeviceConfigBackend {
+
+	// Does this config backend support the given device type?
+	public abstract matches(deviceType: string): boolean;
+
+	// A function which reads and parses the configuration options from
+	// specific boot config
+	public abstract getBootConfig(): Promise<ConfigOptions>;
+
+	// A function to take a set of options and flush to the configuration
+	// file/backend
+	public abstract setBootConfig(opts: ConfigOptions): Promise<void>;
+
+	// Is the configuration option provided supported by this configuration
+	// backend
+	public abstract isSupportedConfig(configName: string): boolean;
+
+	// Is this variable a boot config variable for this backend?
+	public abstract isBootConfigVar(envVar: string): boolean;
+
+	// Convert a configuration environment variable to a config backend
+	// variable
+	public abstract processConfigVarName(envVar: string): string;
+
+	// Process the value if the environment variable, ready to be written to
+	// the backend
+	public abstract processConfigVarValue(key: string, value: string): string | string[];
+
+	// Return the env var name for this config option
+	public abstract createConfigVarName(configName: string): string;
+}
+
+export class RPiConfigBackend extends DeviceConfigBackend {
+	private static bootConfigVarPrefix = `${constants.hostConfigVarPrefix}CONFIG_`;
+	private static bootConfigPath = `${bootMountPoint}/config.txt`;
+
+	public static bootConfigVarRegex = new RegExp('(' + _.escapeRegExp(RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix) + ')(.+)');
+
+	private static arrayConfigKeys = [
+		'dtparam',
+		'dtoverlay',
+		'device_tree_param',
+		'device_tree_overlay',
+	];
+	private static forbiddenConfigKeys = [
+		'disable_commandline_tags',
+		'cmdline',
+		'kernel',
+		'kernel_address',
+		'kernel_old',
+		'ramfsfile',
+		'ramfsaddr',
+		'initramfs',
+		'device_tree_address',
+		'init_uart_baud',
+		'init_uart_clock',
+		'init_emmc_clock',
+		'boot_delay',
+		'boot_delay_ms',
+		'avoid_safe_mode',
+	];
+
+	public matches(deviceType: string): boolean {
+		return _.startsWith(deviceType, 'raspberry') || deviceType === 'fincm3';
+	}
+
+	public getBootConfig(): Promise<ConfigOptions> {
+		return Promise.resolve(fs.readFile(RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8'))
+			.then((confStr) => {
+
+				const conf: ConfigOptions = { };
+				const configStatements = confStr.split(/\r?\n/);
+
+				for (const configStr of configStatements) {
+					// Don't show warnings for comments and empty lines
+					const trimmed = _.trimStart(configStr);
+					if (_.startsWith(trimmed, '#') || trimmed === '') {
+						continue;
+					}
+					let keyValue = /^([^=]+)=(.*)$/.exec(configStr);
+					if (keyValue != null) {
+						const [ , key, value ] = keyValue;
+						if (!_.includes(RPiConfigBackend.arrayConfigKeys, key)) {
+							conf[key] = value;
+						} else {
+							if (conf[key] == null) {
+								conf[key] = [];
+							}
+							(conf[key] as string[]).push(value);
+						}
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					// Try the next regex instead
+					keyValue = /^(initramfs) (.+)/.exec(configStr);
+					if (keyValue != null) {
+						const [ , key, value ] = keyValue;
+						conf[key] = value;
+					} else {
+						console.log(`Warning - Could not parse config.txt entry: ${configStr}. Ignoring.`);
+					}
+
+				}
+
+				return conf;
+			});
+	}
+
+	public setBootConfig(opts: ConfigOptions): Promise<void> {
+		let confStatements: string[] = [];
+
+		_.each(opts, (value, key) => {
+
+			if (key === 'initramfs') {
+				confStatements.push(`${key} ${value}`);
+			} else if(_.isArray(value)) {
+				confStatements = confStatements.concat(_.map(value, (entry) => `${key}=${entry}`));
+			} else {
+				confStatements.push(`${key}=${value}`);
+			}
+		});
+
+		const confStr = confStatements.join('\n') + '\n';
+
+		return remountAndWriteAtomic(RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigPath, confStr);
+	}
+
+	public isSupportedConfig(configName: string): boolean {
+		return !_.includes(RPiConfigBackend.forbiddenConfigKeys, configName);
+	}
+
+	public isBootConfigVar(envVar: string): boolean {
+		return _.startsWith(envVar, RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix);
+	}
+
+	public processConfigVarName(envVar: string): string {
+		return envVar.replace(RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigVarRegex, '$2');
+	}
+
+	public processConfigVarValue(key: string, value: string): string | string[] {
+		if (_.includes(RPiConfigBackend.arrayConfigKeys, key)) {
+			if (!_.startsWith(value, '"')) {
+				return [ value ];
+			} else {
+				return JSON.parse(`[${value}]`);
+			}
+		}
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	public createConfigVarName(configName: string): string {
+		return RPiConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix + configName;
+	}
+}
+
+export class ExtlinuxConfigBackend extends DeviceConfigBackend {
+	private static bootConfigVarPrefix = `${constants.hostConfigVarPrefix}EXTLINUX_`;
+	private static bootConfigPath = `${bootMountPoint}/extlinux/extlinux.conf`;
+
+	public static bootConfigVarRegex = new RegExp('(' + _.escapeRegExp(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix) + ')(.+)');
+
+	private static suppportedConfigKeys = [
+		'isolcpus',
+	];
+
+	public matches(deviceType: string): boolean {
+		return _.startsWith(deviceType, 'jetson-tx');
+	}
+
+	public getBootConfig(): Promise<ConfigOptions> {
+		return Promise.resolve(fs.readFile(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigPath, 'utf-8'))
+			.then((confStr) => {
+				const parsedBootFile = ExtlinuxConfigBackend.parseExtlinuxFile(confStr);
+
+				// First find the default label name
+				const defaultLabel = _.find(parsedBootFile.globals, (_v, l) => {
+					if (l === 'DEFAULT') {
+						return true;
+					}
+					return false;
+				});
+
+				if (defaultLabel == null) {
+					throw new Error('Could not find default entry for extlinux.conf file');
+				}
+
+				const labelEntry = parsedBootFile.labels[defaultLabel];
+
+				if (labelEntry == null) {
+					throw new Error(`Cannot find default label entry (label: ${defaultLabel}) for extlinux.conf file`);
+				}
+
+				// All configuration options come from the `APPEND` directive in the default label entry
+				const appendEntry = labelEntry.APPEND;
+
+				if (appendEntry == null) {
+					throw new Error('Could not find APPEND directive in default extlinux.conf boot entry');
+				}
+
+				const conf: ConfigOptions = { };
+				const values = appendEntry.split(' ');
+				for(const value of values) {
+					const parts = value.split('=');
+					if (this.isSupportedConfig(parts[0])) {
+						if (parts.length !== 2) {
+							throw new Error(`Could not parse extlinux configuration entry: ${values} [value with error: ${value}]`);
+						}
+						conf[parts[0]] = parts[1];
+					}
+				}
+
+				return conf;
+			});
+	}
+
+	public setBootConfig(opts: ConfigOptions): Promise<void> {
+		// First get a representation of the configuration file, with all resin-supported configuration removed
+		return Promise.resolve(fs.readFile(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigPath))
+			.then((data) => {
+				const extlinuxFile = ExtlinuxConfigBackend.parseExtlinuxFile(data.toString());
+				const defaultLabel = extlinuxFile.globals.DEFAULT;
+				if (defaultLabel == null) {
+					throw new Error('Could not find DEFAULT directive entry in extlinux.conf');
+				}
+				const defaultEntry = extlinuxFile.labels[defaultLabel];
+				if (defaultEntry == null) {
+					throw new Error(`Could not find default extlinux.conf entry: ${defaultLabel}`);
+				}
+
+				if (defaultEntry.APPEND == null) {
+					throw new Error(`extlinux.conf APPEND directive not found for default entry: ${defaultLabel}, not sure how to proceed!`);
+				}
+
+				const appendLine = _.filter(defaultEntry.APPEND.split(' '), (entry) => {
+					const lhs = entry.split('=');
+					return !this.isSupportedConfig(lhs[0]);
+				});
+
+				// Apply the new configuration to the "plain" append line above
+
+				_.each(opts, (value, key) => {
+					appendLine.push(`${key}=${value}`);
+				});
+
+				defaultEntry.APPEND = appendLine.join(' ');
+				const extlinuxString = ExtlinuxConfigBackend.extlinuxFileToString(extlinuxFile);
+
+				return remountAndWriteAtomic(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigPath, extlinuxString);
+			});
+	}
+
+	public isSupportedConfig(configName: string): boolean {
+		return _.includes(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.suppportedConfigKeys, configName);
+	}
+
+	public isBootConfigVar(envVar: string): boolean {
+		return _.startsWith(envVar, ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix);
+	}
+
+	public processConfigVarName(envVar: string): string {
+		return envVar.replace(ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigVarRegex, '$2');
+	}
+
+	public processConfigVarValue(_key: string, value: string): string {
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	public createConfigVarName(configName: string): string {
+		return ExtlinuxConfigBackend.bootConfigVarPrefix + configName;
+	}
+
+	private static parseExtlinuxFile(confStr: string): ExtLinuxFile {
+
+		const file: ExtLinuxFile = {
+			globals: { },
+			labels: { },
+		};
+
+		// Firstly split by line and filter any comments and empty lines
+		let lines = confStr.split(/\r?\n/);
+		lines = _.filter(lines, (l) => {
+			const trimmed = _.trimStart(l);
+			return trimmed !== '' && !_.startsWith(trimmed, '#');
+		});
+
+		let lastLabel = '';
+
+		for (const line of lines) {
+			const match = line.match(/^\s*(\w+)\s?(.*)$/);
+			if (match == null) {
+				console.log('Warning - Could not read extlinux entry: ${line}');
+				continue;
+			}
+			let directive = match[1].toUpperCase();
+			let value = match[2];
+
+			// Special handling for the MENU directive
+			if (directive === 'MENU') {
+				const parts = value.split(' ');
+				directive = 'MENU ' + parts[0];
+				value = parts.slice(1).join(' ');
+			}
+
+			if (directive !== 'LABEL') {
+				if (lastLabel === '') {
+					// Global options
+					file.globals[directive] = value;
+				} else {
+					// Label specific options
+					file.labels[lastLabel][directive] = value;
+				}
+			} else {
+				lastLabel = value;
+				file.labels[lastLabel] = { };
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		return file;
+	}
+
+	private static extlinuxFileToString(file: ExtLinuxFile): string {
+		let ret = '';
+		_.each(file.globals, (value, directive) => {
+			ret += `${directive} ${value}\n`;
+		});
+		_.each(file.labels, (directives, key) => {
+			ret += `LABEL ${key}\n`;
+			_.each(directives, (value, directive) => {
+				ret += `${directive} ${value}\n`;
+			});
+		});
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/config-utils.ts b/src/lib/config-utils.ts
index 87b92304..1497a8be 100644
--- a/src/lib/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config-utils.ts
@@ -1,376 +1,68 @@
-import * as Promise from 'bluebird';
-import * as childProcessSync from 'child_process';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
-import { fs } from 'mz';
 
-import * as constants from './constants';
-import * as fsUtils from './fs-utils';
+import {
+	ConfigOptions,
+	DeviceConfigBackend,
+	ExtlinuxConfigBackend,
+	RPiConfigBackend,
+} from './config-backend';
 import { EnvVarObject } from './types';
 
-const childProcess: any = Promise.promisifyAll(childProcessSync);
 
-export interface ConfigOptions {
-	[key: string]: string | string[];
-}
-
-export interface ExtLinuxFile {
-	labels: {
-		[labelName: string]: {
-			[directive: string]: string;
-		};
-	};
-	globals: { [directive: string]: string };
-}
-
-export const rpiArrayConfigKeys = [
-	'dtparam',
-	'dtoverlay',
-	'device_tree_param',
-	'device_tree_overlay',
+const configBackends = [
+	new ExtlinuxConfigBackend(),
+	new RPiConfigBackend(),
 ];
 
-export const extlinuxSupportedConfig = [
-	'isolcpus',
-];
-
-export const hostConfigConfigVarPrefix = 'RESIN_HOST_';
-export const rPiBootConfigPrefix = hostConfigConfigVarPrefix + 'CONFIG_';
-export const extlinuxBootConfigPrefix = hostConfigConfigVarPrefix + 'EXTLINUX_';
-export const rPiConfigRegex = new RegExp('(' + _.escapeRegExp(rPiBootConfigPrefix) + ')(.+)');
-export const extlinuxConfigRegex = new RegExp('(' + _.escapeRegExp(extlinuxBootConfigPrefix) + ')(.+)');
-
-export const bootMountPoint = constants.rootMountPoint + constants.bootMountPoint;
-
-export function isRPiDeviceType(deviceType: string): boolean {
-	return _.startsWith(deviceType, 'raspberry') || deviceType === 'fincm3';
-}
-
-export function isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType: string): boolean {
-	return _.startsWith(deviceType, 'jetson-tx');
-}
-
 export function isConfigDeviceType(deviceType: string): boolean {
-	return isRPiDeviceType(deviceType) || isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType);
+	return getConfigBackend(deviceType) != null;
 }
 
-export function bootConfigVarPrefix(deviceType: string): string {
-	if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return rPiBootConfigPrefix;
-	}	else if (isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return extlinuxBootConfigPrefix;
-	} else {
-		throw new Error(`No boot config var prefix for device type: ${deviceType}`);
-	}
+export function getConfigBackend(deviceType: string): DeviceConfigBackend | undefined {
+	return _.find(configBackends, (backend) => backend.matches(deviceType));
 }
 
-export function bootConfigVarRegex(deviceType: string): RegExp {
-	if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return rPiConfigRegex;
-	} else if (isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return extlinuxConfigRegex;
-	} else {
-		throw new Error(`No boot config var regex for device type: ${deviceType}`);
-	}
-}
+export function envToBootConfig(
+	configBackend: DeviceConfigBackend | null,
+	env: EnvVarObject,
+): ConfigOptions {
 
-export function envToBootConfig(deviceType: string, env: EnvVarObject): ConfigOptions {
-	if (!isConfigDeviceType(deviceType)) {
+	if (configBackend == null) {
 		return { };
 	}
-	const prefix = bootConfigVarPrefix(deviceType);
-	const regex = bootConfigVarRegex(deviceType);
 
-	let parsedEnv = _.pickBy(env, (_val: string, key: string) => {
-		return _.startsWith(key, prefix);
-	});
-	parsedEnv = _.mapKeys(parsedEnv, (_val, key) => {
-		return key.replace(regex, '$2');
-	});
-	parsedEnv = _.mapValues(parsedEnv, (val, key) => {
-		if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-			if (_.includes(rpiArrayConfigKeys, key)) {
-				if (!_.startsWith(val, '"')) {
-					return [ val ];
-				} else {
-					return JSON.parse(`[${val}]`);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return val;
-	});
-
-	return parsedEnv as ConfigOptions;
+	return _(env)
+		.pickBy((_val, key) => configBackend.isBootConfigVar(key))
+		.mapKeys((_val, key) => configBackend.processConfigVarName(key))
+		.mapValues((val, key) => configBackend.processConfigVarValue(key, val || ''))
+		.value();
 }
 
-export function bootConfigToEnv(deviceType: string, config: ConfigOptions): EnvVarObject {
-	const prefix = bootConfigVarPrefix(deviceType);
-	const confWithEnvKeys = _.mapKeys(config, (_val, key) => {
-		return prefix + key;
-	});
-	return _.mapValues(confWithEnvKeys, (val) => {
-		if (_.isArray(val)) {
-			return JSON.stringify(val).replace(/^\[(.*)\]$/, '$1');
-		}
-		return val;
-	});
+export function bootConfigToEnv(
+	configBackend: DeviceConfigBackend,
+	config: ConfigOptions,
+): EnvVarObject {
+
+	return _(config)
+		.mapKeys((_val, key) => configBackend.createConfigVarName(key))
+		.mapValues((val) => {
+			if (_.isArray(val)) {
+				return JSON.stringify(val).replace(/^\[(.*)\]$/, '$1');
+			}
+			return val;
+		})
+		.value();
 }
 
 export function filterConfigKeys(
-	deviceType: string,
+	configBackend: DeviceConfigBackend | null,
 	allowedKeys: string[],
 	conf: { [key: string]: any },
 ): { [key: string]: any } {
 
-	let isConfigType: boolean = false;
-	let prefix: string;
-	if (isConfigDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		prefix = bootConfigVarPrefix(deviceType);
-		isConfigType = true;
-	}
+	const isConfigType = configBackend != null;
+
 	return _.pickBy(conf, (_v, k) => {
-		return _.includes(allowedKeys, k) || (isConfigType && _.startsWith(k, prefix));
+		return _.includes(allowedKeys, k) || (isConfigType && configBackend!.isBootConfigVar(k));
 	});
 }
-
-export function getBootConfigPath(deviceType: string): string {
-	if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return getRpiBootConfig();
-	} else if (isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return getExtlinuxBootConfig();
-	} else {
-		throw new Error(`No boot config exists for device type: ${deviceType}`);
-	}
-}
-
-function getRpiBootConfig(): string {
-	return bootMountPoint + '/config.txt';
-}
-
-function getExtlinuxBootConfig(): string {
-	return bootMountPoint + '/extlinux/extlinux.conf';
-}
-
-export function parseBootConfig(deviceType: string, conf: string): ConfigOptions {
-	if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return parseRpiBootConfig(conf);
-	} else if (isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return parseExtlinuxBootConfig(conf);
-	} else {
-		throw new Error(`Cannot parse boot config for device type: ${deviceType}`);
-	}
-}
-
-export function parseRpiBootConfig(confStr: string): ConfigOptions {
-	const conf: ConfigOptions = { };
-	const configStatements = confStr.split(/\r?\n/);
-
-	for (const configStr of configStatements) {
-		// Don't show warnings for comments and empty lines
-		const trimmed = _.trimStart(configStr);
-		if (_.startsWith(trimmed, '#') || trimmed === '') {
-			continue;
-		}
-		let keyValue = /^([^#=]+)=(.+)/.exec(configStr);
-		if (keyValue != null) {
-			if (!_.includes(rpiArrayConfigKeys, keyValue[1])) {
-				conf[keyValue[1]] = keyValue[2];
-			} else {
-				const key = keyValue[1];
-				if (conf[key] == null) {
-					conf[key] = [];
-				}
-				(conf[key] as string[]).push(keyValue[2]);
-			}
-		} else {
-			keyValue = /^(initramfs) (.+)/.exec(configStr);
-			if (keyValue != null) {
-				conf[keyValue[1]] = keyValue[2];
-			} else {
-				console.log(`Warning - Could not parse config.txt entry: ${configStr}. Ignoring.`);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return conf;
-}
-
-export function parseExtlinuxBootConfig(confStr: string): ConfigOptions {
-	const parsedBootFile = parseExtlinuxFile(confStr);
-
-	// First find the default label name
-	const defaultLabel = _.find(parsedBootFile.globals, (_v, l) => {
-		if (l === 'DEFAULT') {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	});
-
-	if (defaultLabel == null) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find default entry for extlinux.conf file');
-	}
-
-	const labelEntry = parsedBootFile.labels[defaultLabel];
-
-	if (labelEntry == null) {
-		throw new Error(`Cannot find default label entry (label: ${defaultLabel}) for extlinux.conf file`);
-	}
-
-	// All configuration options come from the `APPEND` directive in the default label entry
-	const appendEntry = labelEntry.APPEND;
-
-	if (appendEntry == null) {
-		throw new Error('Could not find APPEND directive in default extlinux.conf boot entry');
-	}
-
-	const conf: ConfigOptions = { };
-	const values = appendEntry.split(' ');
-	for(const value of values) {
-		const parts = value.split('=');
-		if (isSupportedExtlinuxConfig(parts[0])) {
-			conf[parts[0]] = parts[1];
-		}
-	}
-
-	return conf;
-}
-
-export function parseExtlinuxFile(confStr: string): ExtLinuxFile {
-	const file: ExtLinuxFile = {
-		globals: { },
-		labels: { },
-	};
-
-	// Firstly split by line and filter any comments and empty lines
-	let lines = confStr.split(/\r?\n/);
-	lines = _.filter(lines, (l) => {
-		const trimmed = _.trimStart(l);
-		return trimmed !== '' && !_.startsWith(trimmed, '#');
-	});
-
-	let lastLabel = '';
-
-	for (const line of lines) {
-		const match = line.match(/^\s*(\w+)\s?(.*)$/);
-		if (match == null) {
-			console.log('Warning - Could not read extlinux entry: ${line}');
-			continue;
-		}
-		let directive = match[1].toUpperCase();
-		let value = match[2];
-
-		// Special handling for the MENU directive
-		if (directive === 'MENU') {
-			const parts = value.split(' ');
-			directive = 'MENU ' + parts[0];
-			value = parts.slice(1).join(' ');
-		}
-
-		if (directive !== 'LABEL') {
-			if (lastLabel === '') {
-				// Global options
-				file.globals[directive] = value;
-			} else {
-				// Label specific options
-				file.labels[lastLabel][directive] = value;
-			}
-		} else {
-			lastLabel = value;
-			file.labels[lastLabel] = { };
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	return file;
-}
-
-export function setBootConfig(deviceType: string, target: ConfigOptions): Promise<void> {
-	if (isRPiDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return setRpiBootConfig(target);
-	} else if (isExtlinuxDeviceType(deviceType)) {
-		return setExtlinuxBootConfig(target);
-	} else {
-		throw new Error(`Could not set boot config for non-boot config device: ${deviceType}`);
-	}
-}
-
-function setRpiBootConfig(target: ConfigOptions): Promise<void> {
-	let confStatements: string[] = [];
-
-	_.each(target, (value, key) => {
-
-		if (key === 'initramfs') {
-			confStatements.push(`${key} ${value}`);
-		} else if(_.isArray(value)) {
-			confStatements = confStatements.concat(_.map(value, (entry) => `${key}=${entry}`));
-		} else {
-			confStatements.push(`${key}=${value}`);
-		}
-	});
-
-	return remountAndWriteAtomic(getRpiBootConfig(), confStatements.join('\n') + '\n');
-}
-
-function setExtlinuxBootConfig(target: ConfigOptions): Promise<void> {
-	// First get a representation of the configuration file, with all resin-supported configuration removed
-	return Promise.resolve(fs.readFile(getExtlinuxBootConfig()))
-		.then((data) => {
-			const extlinuxFile = parseExtlinuxFile(data.toString());
-			const defaultLabel = extlinuxFile.globals.DEFAULT;
-			if (defaultLabel == null) {
-				throw new Error('Could not find DEFAULT directive entry in extlinux.conf');
-			}
-			const defaultEntry = extlinuxFile.labels[defaultLabel];
-			if (defaultEntry == null) {
-				throw new Error(`Could not find default extlinux.conf entry: ${defaultLabel}`);
-			}
-
-			if (defaultEntry.APPEND == null) {
-				throw new Error(`extlinux.conf APPEND directive not found for default entry: ${defaultLabel}, not sure how to proceed!`);
-			}
-
-			const appendLine = _.filter(defaultEntry.APPEND.split(' '), (entry) => {
-				const lhs = entry.split('=');
-				return !isSupportedExtlinuxConfig(lhs[0]);
-			});
-
-			// Apply the new configuration to the "plain" append line above
-
-			_.each(target, (value, key) => {
-				appendLine.push(`${key}=${value}`);
-			});
-
-			defaultEntry.APPEND = appendLine.join(' ');
-			const extlinuxString = extlinuxFileToString(extlinuxFile);
-
-			return remountAndWriteAtomic(getExtlinuxBootConfig(), extlinuxString);
-		});
-}
-
-function remountAndWriteAtomic(file: string, data: string): Promise<void> {
-	// TODO: Find out why the below Promise.resolve() is required
-	// Here's the dangerous part:
-	return Promise.resolve(childProcess.execAsync(`mount -t vfat -o remount,rw ${constants.bootBlockDevice} ${bootMountPoint}`))
-		.then(() => {
-			return fsUtils.writeFileAtomic(file, data);
-		})
-		.return();
-}
-
-function isSupportedExtlinuxConfig(configName: string): boolean {
-	// Currently the supported configuration values come in the form key=value
-	return _.includes(extlinuxSupportedConfig, configName);
-}
-
-function extlinuxFileToString(file: ExtLinuxFile): string {
-	let ret = '';
-	_.each(file.globals, (value, directive) => {
-		ret += `${directive} ${value}\n`;
-	});
-	_.each(file.labels, (directives, key) => {
-		ret += `LABEL ${key}\n`;
-		_.each(directives, (value, directive) => {
-			ret += `${directive} ${value}\n`;
-		});
-	});
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 2c5ca2a8..6e757b8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const constants = {
 		'io.resin.supervised': 'true',
 	},
 	bootBlockDevice: '/dev/mmcblk0p1',
+	hostConfigVarPrefix: 'RESIN_HOST_',
 };
 
 if (process.env.DOCKER_HOST == null) {
diff --git a/test/05-device-state.spec.coffee b/test/05-device-state.spec.coffee
index 716fa8e6..871dc9b5 100644
--- a/test/05-device-state.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/05-device-state.spec.coffee
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ prepare = require './lib/prepare'
 DeviceState = require '../src/device-state'
 DB = require('../src/db')
 Config = require('../src/config')
+{ RPiConfigBackend } = require('../src/lib/config-backend')
 
 Service = require '../src/compose/service'
 
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ describe 'deviceState', ->
 				err = new Error()
 				err.statusCode = 404
 				throw err
+		@deviceState.deviceConfig.configBackend = new RPiConfigBackend()
 		@db.init()
 		.then =>
 			@config.init()
diff --git a/test/13-device-config.spec.coffee b/test/13-device-config.spec.coffee
index f464a314..0de8924c 100644
--- a/test/13-device-config.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/13-device-config.spec.coffee
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 Promise = require 'bluebird'
-prepare = require './lib/prepare'
+{ fs } = require 'mz'
 
 m = require 'mochainon'
 { expect } = m.chai
 { stub, spy } = m.sinon
 
+prepare = require './lib/prepare'
 fsUtils = require '../src/lib/fs-utils'
 
 DeviceConfig = require '../src/device-config'
+{ ExtlinuxConfigBackend, RPiConfigBackend } = require '../src/lib/config-backend'
+
+extlinuxBackend = new ExtlinuxConfigBackend()
+rpiConfigBackend = new RPiConfigBackend()
 
 childProcess = require 'child_process'
 
@@ -25,7 +30,8 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 
 	# Test that the format for special values like initramfs and array variables is parsed correctly
 	it 'allows getting boot config with getBootConfig', ->
-		stub(@deviceConfig, 'readBootConfig').resolves('\
+
+		stub(fs, 'readFile').resolves('\
 			initramfs initramf.gz 0x00800000\n\
 			dtparam=i2c=on\n\
 			dtparam=audio=on\n\
@@ -33,9 +39,9 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_out_pin=17,gpio_in_pin=13\n\
 			foobar=baz\n\
 		')
-		@deviceConfig.getBootConfig('raspberry-pi')
-		.then (conf) =>
-			@deviceConfig.readBootConfig.restore()
+		@deviceConfig.getBootConfig(rpiConfigBackend)
+		.then (conf) ->
+			fs.readFile.restore()
 			expect(conf).to.deep.equal({
 				RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_initramfs: 'initramf.gz 0x00800000'
 				RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_dtparam: '"i2c=on","audio=on"'
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			})
 
 	it 'properly reads a real config.txt file', ->
-		@deviceConfig.getBootConfig('raspberrypi3')
+		@deviceConfig.getBootConfig(rpiConfigBackend)
 		.then (conf) ->
 			expect(conf).to.deep.equal({
 				RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_dtparam: '"i2c_arm=on","spi=on","audio=on"'
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_foobar: 'baz'
 		}
 		promise = Promise.try =>
-			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired('raspberry-pi', current, target)
+			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired(rpiConfigBackend, current, target)
 		expect(promise).to.be.rejected
 		promise.catch (err) =>
 			expect(@fakeLogger.logSystemMessage).to.be.calledOnce
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_foobar: 'baz'
 		}
 		promise = Promise.try =>
-			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired('raspberry-pi', current, target)
+			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired(rpiConfigBackend, current, target)
 		expect(promise).to.eventually.equal(false)
 		promise.then =>
 			expect(@fakeLogger.logSystemMessage).to.not.be.called
@@ -115,10 +121,10 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_foobaz: 'bar'
 		}
 		promise = Promise.try =>
-			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired('raspberry-pi', current, target)
+			@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired(rpiConfigBackend, current, target)
 		expect(promise).to.eventually.equal(true)
 		promise.then =>
-			@deviceConfig.setBootConfig('raspberry-pi', target)
+			@deviceConfig.setBootConfig(rpiConfigBackend, target)
 			.then =>
 				expect(childProcess.execAsync).to.be.calledOnce
 				expect(@fakeLogger.logSystemMessage).to.be.calledTwice
@@ -148,10 +154,10 @@ describe 'DeviceConfig', ->
 			}
 
 			promise = Promise.try =>
-				@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired('jetson-tx2', current, target)
+				@deviceConfig.bootConfigChangeRequired(extlinuxBackend, current, target)
 			expect(promise).to.eventually.equal(true)
 			promise.then =>
-				@deviceConfig.setBootConfig('jetson-tx2', target)
+				@deviceConfig.setBootConfig(extlinuxBackend, target)
 				.then =>
 					expect(childProcess.execAsync).to.be.calledOnce
 					expect(@fakeLogger.logSystemMessage).to.be.calledTwice
diff --git a/test/16-config-utils.spec.coffee b/test/16-config-utils.spec.coffee
index 41ac1df8..99fca614 100644
--- a/test/16-config-utils.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/16-config-utils.spec.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 m = require 'mochainon'
 { expect } = m.chai
+{ stub } = m.sinon
+
+{ fs } = require 'mz'
 
 configUtils = require '../src/lib/config-utils'
+{ ExtlinuxConfigBackend, RPiConfigBackend } = require '../src/lib/config-backend'
+
+extlinuxBackend = new ExtlinuxConfigBackend()
+rpiBackend = new RPiConfigBackend()
 
 describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 
@@ -10,7 +17,7 @@ describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 		describe 'Env <-> Config', ->
 
 			it 'correctly transforms environments to boot config objects', ->
-				bootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig('raspberry-pi', {
+				bootConfig = configUtils.envToBootConfig(rpiBackend, {
 					RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_initramfs: 'initramf.gz 0x00800000'
 					RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_dtparam: '"i2c=on","audio=on"'
 					RESIN_HOST_CONFIG_dtoverlay: '"ads7846","lirc-rpi,gpio_out_pin=17,gpio_in_pin=13"'
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 					APPEND ${cbootargs} ${resin_kernel_root} ro rootwait
 				'''
 
-				parsed = configUtils.parseExtlinuxFile(text)
+				parsed = ExtlinuxConfigBackend.parseExtlinuxFile(text)
 				expect(parsed.globals).to.have.property('DEFAULT').that.equals('primary')
 				expect(parsed.globals).to.have.property('TIMEOUT').that.equals('30')
 				expect(parsed.globals).to.have.property('MENU TITLE').that.equals('Boot Options')
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 					APPEND test4
 				'''
 
-				parsed = configUtils.parseExtlinuxFile(text)
+				parsed = ExtlinuxConfigBackend.parseExtlinuxFile(text)
 				expect(parsed.labels).to.have.property('primary').that.deep.equals({
 					LINUX: 'test1'
 					APPEND: 'test2'
@@ -87,9 +94,11 @@ describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 					APPEND ${cbootargs} ${resin_kernel_root} ro rootwait isolcpus=3
 				'''
 
-				parsed = configUtils.parseExtlinuxBootConfig(text)
+				stub(fs, 'readFile').resolves(text)
+				parsed = extlinuxBackend.getBootConfig()
 
-				expect(parsed).to.have.property('isolcpus').that.equals('3')
+				expect(parsed).to.eventually.have.property('isolcpus').that.equals('3')
+				fs.readFile.restore()
 
 
 				text = '''
@@ -103,7 +112,10 @@ describe 'Config Utilities', ->
 					LINUX /Image
 					APPEND ${cbootargs} ${resin_kernel_root} ro rootwait isolcpus=3,4,5
 				'''
+				stub(fs, 'readFile').resolves(text)
 
-				parsed = configUtils.parseExtlinuxBootConfig(text)
+				parsed = extlinuxBackend.getBootConfig()
 
-				expect(parsed).to.have.property('isolcpus').that.equals('3,4,5')
+				fs.readFile.restore()
+
+				expect(parsed).to.eventually.have.property('isolcpus').that.equals('3,4,5')