diff --git a/Examine.c b/Examine.c
index d213664..3827e7e 100644
--- a/Examine.c
+++ b/Examine.c
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ int Examine(mddev_dev_t devlist, int brief, int export, int scan,
 			d = dl_strdup(devlist->devname);
 			dl_add(ap->devs, d);
 		} else if (export) {
-			st->ss->export_examine_super(st);
+			if (st->ss->export_examine_super)
+				st->ss->export_examine_super(st);
 		} else {
 			printf("%s:\n",devlist->devname);
 			st->ss->examine_super(st, homehost);
diff --git a/super-ddf.c b/super-ddf.c
index 7ca79fb..8725eab 100644
--- a/super-ddf.c
+++ b/super-ddf.c
@@ -1189,6 +1189,18 @@ static void brief_examine_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
 	}
 }
 
+static void export_examine_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+	struct mdinfo info;
+	char nbuf[64];
+	getinfo_super_ddf(st, &info);
+	fname_from_uuid(st, &info, nbuf, ':');
+	printf("MD_METADATA=ddf\n");
+	printf("MD_LEVEL=container\n");
+	printf("MD_UUID=%s\n", nbuf+5);
+}
+	
+
 static void detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, char *homehost)
 {
 	/* FIXME later
@@ -3563,6 +3575,7 @@ struct superswitch super_ddf = {
 #ifndef	MDASSEMBLE
 	.examine_super	= examine_super_ddf,
 	.brief_examine_super = brief_examine_super_ddf,
+	.export_examine_super = export_examine_super_ddf,
 	.detail_super	= detail_super_ddf,
 	.brief_detail_super = brief_detail_super_ddf,
 	.validate_geometry = validate_geometry_ddf,