diff --git a/format-config-v1.go b/format-config-v1.go
index cacd51aa8..00ec98c35 100644
--- a/format-config-v1.go
+++ b/format-config-v1.go
@@ -118,13 +118,19 @@ var errDiskOrderMismatch = errors.New("disk order mismatch")
 func reduceFormatErrs(errs []error, diskCount int) (err error) {
 	var errUnformattedDiskCount = 0
 	var errDiskNotFoundCount = 0
+	var errCorruptedFormatCount = 0
 	for _, dErr := range errs {
 		if dErr == errUnformattedDisk {
 			errUnformattedDiskCount++
 		} else if dErr == errDiskNotFound {
 			errDiskNotFoundCount++
+		} else if dErr == errCorruptedFormat {
+			errCorruptedFormatCount++
 		}
 	}
+	if errCorruptedFormatCount > 0 {
+		return errCorruptedFormat
+	}
 	// Unformatted disks found, we need to figure out if any disks are offline.
 	if errUnformattedDiskCount > 0 {
 		// Returns errUnformattedDisk if all disks report unFormattedDisk.
@@ -222,8 +228,8 @@ func genericFormatCheck(formatConfigs []*formatConfigV1, sErrs []error) (err err
 		return errXLReadQuorum
 	}
 
-	// One of the disk has corrupt format, return error.
-	if errCorruptFormatCount > 0 {
+	// Check if number of corrupted format under quorum
+	if errCorruptFormatCount > len(formatConfigs)-readQuorum {
 		return errCorruptedFormat
 	}
 
@@ -522,6 +528,180 @@ func healFormatXLFreshDisks(storageDisks []StorageAPI) error {
 	return saveFormatXL(orderedDisks, newFormatConfigs)
 }
 
+// Disks from storageDiks are put in assignedDisks if found in orderedDisks and in unAssignedDisks otherwise
+func splitDisksByUse(storageDisks, orderedDisks []StorageAPI) (assignedDisks []StorageAPI, unAssignedDisks []StorageAPI) {
+	// Populate unAssignDisks
+	for i := range storageDisks {
+		found := false
+		for j := range orderedDisks {
+			if storageDisks[i] == orderedDisks[j] {
+				found = true
+				assignedDisks = append(assignedDisks, storageDisks[i])
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			unAssignedDisks = append(unAssignedDisks, storageDisks[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return assignedDisks, unAssignedDisks
+}
+
+// Inspect the content of all disks to guess the right order according to the format files.
+// The right order is represented in orderedDisks
+func reorderDisksByInspection(orderedDisks, storageDisks []StorageAPI, formatConfigs []*formatConfigV1) ([]StorageAPI, error) {
+	for index, format := range formatConfigs {
+		if format != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		vols, err := storageDisks[index].ListVols()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(vols) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		objects, err := storageDisks[index].ListDir(vols[0].Name, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(objects) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		xlData, err := readXLMeta(storageDisks[index], vols[0].Name, objects[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == errFileNotFound {
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		diskIndex := -1
+		for i, d := range xlData.Erasure.Distribution {
+			if d == xlData.Erasure.Index {
+				diskIndex = i
+			}
+		}
+		// Check for found results
+		if diskIndex == -1 || orderedDisks[diskIndex] != nil {
+			// Some inconsistent data are found, exit immediately.
+			return nil, errCorruptedFormat
+		}
+		orderedDisks[diskIndex] = storageDisks[index]
+	}
+	return orderedDisks, nil
+}
+
+// Heals corrupted format json in all disks
+func healFormatXLCorruptedDisks(storageDisks []StorageAPI) error {
+	formatConfigs := make([]*formatConfigV1, len(storageDisks))
+	var referenceConfig *formatConfigV1
+
+	// Loads `format.json` from all disks.
+	for index, disk := range storageDisks {
+		// Disk not found or ignored is a valid case.
+		if disk == nil {
+			// Return nil, one of the disk is offline.
+			return nil
+		}
+		formatXL, err := loadFormat(disk)
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == errUnformattedDisk || err == errCorruptedFormat {
+				// format.json is missing or corrupted, should be healed.
+				continue
+			} else if err == errDiskNotFound { // Is a valid case we
+				// can proceed without healing.
+				return nil
+			}
+			// Return error for unsupported errors.
+			return err
+		} // Success.
+		formatConfigs[index] = formatXL
+	}
+
+	// All `format.json` has been read successfully, previously completed.
+	if isFormatFound(formatConfigs) {
+		// Return success.
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// All disks are fresh, format.json will be written by initFormatXL()
+	if isFormatNotFound(formatConfigs) {
+		return initFormatXL(storageDisks)
+	}
+
+	// Validate format configs for consistency in JBOD and disks.
+	if err := checkFormatXL(formatConfigs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if referenceConfig == nil {
+		// This config will be used to update the drives missing format.json.
+		for _, formatConfig := range formatConfigs {
+			if formatConfig == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			referenceConfig = formatConfig
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Collect new JBOD.
+	newJBOD := referenceConfig.XL.JBOD
+
+	// Reorder the disks based on the JBOD order.
+	orderedDisks, err := reorderDisks(storageDisks, formatConfigs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// From ordered disks fill the UUID position.
+	for index, disk := range orderedDisks {
+		if disk == nil {
+			newJBOD[index] = getUUID()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// For disks with corrupted formats, inspect the disks contents to guess the disks order
+	orderedDisks, err = reorderDisksByInspection(orderedDisks, storageDisks, formatConfigs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// At this stage, all disks with corrupted formats but with objects inside found their way.
+	// Now take care of unformatted disks, which are the `unAssignedDisks`
+	_, unAssignedDisks := splitDisksByUse(storageDisks, orderedDisks)
+
+	// Assign unassigned disks to nil elements in orderedDisks
+	for i, disk := range orderedDisks {
+		if disk == nil && len(unAssignedDisks) > 0 {
+			orderedDisks[i] = unAssignedDisks[0]
+			unAssignedDisks = unAssignedDisks[1:]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Collect new format configs.
+	var newFormatConfigs = make([]*formatConfigV1, len(orderedDisks))
+
+	// Collect new format configs that need to be written.
+	for index := range orderedDisks {
+		// New configs are generated since we are going
+		// to re-populate across all disks.
+		config := &formatConfigV1{
+			Version: referenceConfig.Version,
+			Format:  referenceConfig.Format,
+			XL: &xlFormat{
+				Version: referenceConfig.XL.Version,
+				Disk:    newJBOD[index],
+				JBOD:    newJBOD,
+			},
+		}
+		newFormatConfigs[index] = config
+	}
+
+	// Save new `format.json` across all disks, in JBOD order.
+	return saveFormatXL(orderedDisks, newFormatConfigs)
+}
+
 // loadFormatXL - loads XL `format.json` and returns back properly
 // ordered storage slice based on `format.json`.
 func loadFormatXL(bootstrapDisks []StorageAPI) (disks []StorageAPI, err error) {
diff --git a/format-config-v1_test.go b/format-config-v1_test.go
index ea1fec7e3..10be8be08 100644
--- a/format-config-v1_test.go
+++ b/format-config-v1_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package main
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 // generates a valid format.json for XL backend.
 func genFormatXLValid() []*formatConfigV1 {
@@ -142,6 +145,141 @@ func genFormatXLInvalidDisksOrder() []*formatConfigV1 {
 	return formatConfigs
 }
 
+// Simulate XL disks creation, delete some format.json and remove the content of
+// a given disk to test healing a corrupted disk
+func TestFormatXLHeal(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create an instance of xl backend.
+	obj, fsDirs, err := getXLObjectLayer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	xl := obj.(xlObjects)
+
+	err = obj.MakeBucket("bucket")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	bucket := "bucket"
+	object := "object"
+
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(bucket, object, int64(len("abcd")), bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Now, remove two format files.. Load them and reorder
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[3].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "format.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[11].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "format.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Remove the content of export dir 10 but preserve .minio.sys because it is automatically
+	// created when minio starts
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[10].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "format.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[10].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "tmp"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[10].DeleteFile(bucket, object+"/xl.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[10].DeleteFile(bucket, object+"/part.1"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[10].DeleteVol(bucket); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	permutedStorageDisks := []StorageAPI{xl.storageDisks[1], xl.storageDisks[4],
+		xl.storageDisks[2], xl.storageDisks[8], xl.storageDisks[6], xl.storageDisks[7],
+		xl.storageDisks[0], xl.storageDisks[15], xl.storageDisks[13], xl.storageDisks[14],
+		xl.storageDisks[3], xl.storageDisks[10], xl.storageDisks[12], xl.storageDisks[9],
+		xl.storageDisks[5], xl.storageDisks[11]}
+
+	// Start healing disks
+	err = healFormatXLCorruptedDisks(permutedStorageDisks)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("healing corrupted disk failed: ", err)
+	}
+
+	// Load again XL format.json to validate it
+	_, err = loadFormatXL(permutedStorageDisks)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("loading healed disk failed: ", err)
+	}
+
+	// Clean all
+	removeRoots(fsDirs)
+}
+
+// Test on ReorderByInspection by simulating creating disks and removing
+// some of format.json
+func TestFormatXLReorderByInspection(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create an instance of xl backend.
+	obj, fsDirs, err := getXLObjectLayer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	xl := obj.(xlObjects)
+
+	err = obj.MakeBucket("bucket")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	bucket := "bucket"
+	object := "object"
+
+	_, err = obj.PutObject(bucket, object, int64(len("abcd")), bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Now, remove two format files.. Load them and reorder
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[3].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "format.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = xl.storageDisks[5].DeleteFile(".minio.sys", "format.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	permutedStorageDisks := []StorageAPI{xl.storageDisks[1], xl.storageDisks[4],
+		xl.storageDisks[2], xl.storageDisks[8], xl.storageDisks[6], xl.storageDisks[7],
+		xl.storageDisks[0], xl.storageDisks[15], xl.storageDisks[13], xl.storageDisks[14],
+		xl.storageDisks[3], xl.storageDisks[10], xl.storageDisks[12], xl.storageDisks[9],
+		xl.storageDisks[5], xl.storageDisks[11]}
+
+	permutedFormatConfigs, _ := loadAllFormats(permutedStorageDisks)
+
+	orderedDisks, err := reorderDisks(permutedStorageDisks, permutedFormatConfigs)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("error reordering disks\n")
+	}
+
+	orderedDisks, err = reorderDisksByInspection(orderedDisks, permutedStorageDisks, permutedFormatConfigs)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to reorder disk by inspection")
+	}
+
+	// Check disks reordering
+	for i := 0; i <= 15; i++ {
+		if orderedDisks[i] == nil && i != 3 && i != 5 {
+			t.Fatal("should not be nil")
+		}
+		if orderedDisks[i] != nil && orderedDisks[i] != xl.storageDisks[i] {
+			t.Fatal("Disks were not ordered correctly.")
+		}
+	}
+
+	removeRoots(fsDirs)
+}
+
 // Wrapper for calling FormatXL tests - currently validates
 //  - valid format
 //  - unrecognized version number
diff --git a/xl-v1.go b/xl-v1.go
index b130f7124..8967e7302 100644
--- a/xl-v1.go
+++ b/xl-v1.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ func newXLObjects(disks, ignoredDisks []string) (ObjectLayer, error) {
 
 	// Handles different cases properly.
 	switch reduceFormatErrs(sErrs, len(storageDisks)) {
+	case errCorruptedFormat:
+		if err := healFormatXLCorruptedDisks(storageDisks); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to repair corrupted format, %s", err)
+		}
 	case errUnformattedDisk:
 		// All drives online but fresh, initialize format.
 		if err := initFormatXL(storageDisks); err != nil {