diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index 1b4d5a82fff1..3e4e9e7f5cb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ lib.makeScope
       tinycc = tinycc-mes;
     };
 
+    heirloom = callPackage ./heirloom {
+      bash = bash_2_05;
+      tinycc = tinycc-mes;
+    };
+
     heirloom-devtools = callPackage ./heirloom-devtools { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
 
     ln-boot = callPackage ./ln-boot { };
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ lib.makeScope
       echo ${gnused.tests.get-version}
       echo ${gnutar.tests.get-version}
       echo ${gzip.tests.get-version}
+      echo ${heirloom.tests.get-version}
       echo ${mes.compiler.tests.get-version}
       echo ${tinycc-mes.compiler.tests.chain}
       mkdir ''${out}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/cp-no-socket.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/cp-no-socket.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88d6e7d6fa4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/cp-no-socket.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+--- cp/cp.c
++++ cp/cp.c
+@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)cp.sl	1.84 (gritter) 3/4/06";
+ 
+ #include	<sys/types.h>
+ #include	<sys/stat.h>
+-#include	<sys/socket.h>
+-#include	<sys/un.h>
+ #include	<sys/time.h>
+ #include	<sys/resource.h>
+ #include	<fcntl.h>
+@@ -427,6 +425,7 @@ fdcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp, const int sfd,
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef	__linux__
++#ifdef	O_DIRECT
+ 	if (!bflag && !Dflag && ssp->st_size > 0) {
+ 		long long	sent;
+ 
+@@ -436,6 +435,7 @@ fdcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp, const int sfd,
+ 		if (sent < 0)
+ 			goto err;
+ 	}
++#endif
+ #endif	/* __linux__ */
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+ 		if ((pagesize = 4096) < 0)
+@@ -702,37 +702,6 @@ symlinkcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp,
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+-static void
+-socketcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp,
+-		const char *tgt, const struct stat *dsp)
+-{
+-	int	fd, addrsz;
+-	struct sockaddr_un	addr;
+-	size_t	len;
+-
+-	if (do_unlink(tgt, dsp) != OKAY)
+-		return;
+-	len = strlen(tgt);
+-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
+-	addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+-	addrsz = sizeof addr - sizeof addr.sun_path + len;
+-	if ((len >= sizeof addr.sun_path ? errno = ENAMETOOLONG, fd = -1, 1 :
+-			(strncpy(addr.sun_path,tgt,sizeof addr.sun_path), 0)) ||
+-			(fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0 ||
+-			bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrsz) < 0) {
+-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot create socket %s\n%s: %s\n",
+-				progname, tgt,
+-				progname, strerror(errno));
+-		if (fd >= 0)
+-			close(fd);
+-		errcnt |= 01;
+-		return;
+-	}
+-	close(fd);
+-	if (pflag)
+-		permissions(tgt, ssp);
+-}
+-
+ static void
+ specialcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp,
+ 		const char *tgt, const struct stat *dsp)
+@@ -748,9 +717,6 @@ specialcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp,
+ 	case S_IFLNK:
+ 		symlinkcopy(src, ssp, tgt, dsp);
+ 		break;
+-	case S_IFSOCK:
+-		socketcopy(src, ssp, tgt, dsp);
+-		break;
+ 	case S_IFDOOR:
+ 		ignoring("door", src);
+ 		break;
+@@ -1043,7 +1009,7 @@ ln(const char *src, const char *tgt, struct stat *dsp, int level,
+ 		errcnt |= 01;
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+-#if (defined (SUS) || defined (S42)) && (defined (__linux__) || defined (__sun))
++#if (defined (SUS) || defined (S42)) && (defined (__linux__) || defined (__sun)) && !defined (__TINYC__)
+ 	if (sflag == 0) {
+ 		char	*rpbuf = alloca(PATH_MAX+1);
+ 		if (realpath(src, rpbuf) == NULL) {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..182e515c2f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, bash
+, tinycc
+, gnumake
+, gnupatch
+, heirloom-devtools
+, heirloom
+}:
+let
+  pname = "heirloom";
+  version = "070715";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/heirloom/heirloom/${version}/heirloom-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-6zP3C8wBmx0OCkHx11UtRcV6FicuThxIY07D5ESWow8=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # we pre-generate nawk's proctab.c as meslibc is not capable of running maketab
+    # during build time (insufficient sscanf support)
+    ./proctab.patch
+
+    # disable utilities that don't build successfully
+    ./disable-programs.patch
+
+    # "tcc -ar" doesn't support creating empty archives
+    ./tcc-empty-ar.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't have seperate libm
+    ./dont-link-lm.patch
+    # meslibc's vprintf doesn't support %ll
+    ./vprintf.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't support sysconf()
+    ./sysconf.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't support locale
+    ./strcoll.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't support termios.h
+    ./termios.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't support utime.h
+    ./utime.patch
+    # meslibc doesn't support langinfo.h
+    ./langinfo.patch
+    # support building with meslibc
+    ./meslibc-support.patch
+    # remove socket functionality as unsupported by meslibc
+    ./cp-no-socket.patch
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    # mk.config build options
+    "CC='tcc -B ${tinycc.libs}/lib -include ${./stubs.h} -include ${./musl.h}'"
+    "AR='tcc -ar'"
+    "RANLIB=true"
+    "STRIP=true"
+    "SHELL=${bash}/bin/sh"
+    "POSIX_SHELL=${bash}/bin/sh"
+    "DEFBIN=/bin"
+    "SV3BIN=/5bin"
+    "S42BIN=/5bin/s42"
+    "SUSBIN=/bin"
+    "SU3BIN=/5bin/posix2001"
+    "UCBBIN=/ucb"
+    "CCSBIN=/ccs/bin"
+    "DEFLIB=/lib"
+    "DEFSBIN=/bin"
+    "MANDIR=/share/man"
+    "LCURS=" # disable ncurses
+    "USE_ZLIB=0" # disable zlib
+    "IWCHAR='-I../libwchar'"
+    "LWCHAR='-L../libwchar -lwchar'"
+  ];
+in
+bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    tinycc.compiler
+    gnumake
+    gnupatch
+    heirloom-devtools
+  ];
+
+  passthru.sed =
+    bash.runCommand "${pname}-sed-${version}" {} ''
+      install -D ${heirloom}/bin/sed $out/bin/sed
+    '';
+
+  passthru.tests.get-version = result:
+    bash.runCommand "${pname}-get-version-${version}" {} ''
+      ${result}/bin/banner Hello Heirloom
+      mkdir $out
+    '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "The Heirloom Toolchest is a collection of standard Unix utilities";
+    homepage = "https://heirloom.sourceforge.net/tools.html";
+    license = with licenses; [
+      # All licenses according to LICENSE/
+      zlib
+      caldera
+      bsdOriginalUC
+      cddl
+      bsd3
+      gpl2Plus
+      lgpl21Plus
+      lpl-102
+      info-zip
+    ];
+    maintainers = teams.minimal-bootstrap.members;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+} ''
+  # Unpack
+  unbz2 --file ${src} --output heirloom.tar
+  untar --file heirloom.tar
+  rm heirloom.tar
+  cd heirloom-${version}
+
+  # Patch
+  ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (f: "patch -Np0 -i ${f}") patches}
+  cp ${./proctab.c} nawk/proctab.c
+
+  # Build
+  # These tools are required during later build steps
+  export PATH="$PATH:$PWD/ed:$PWD/nawk:$PWD/sed"
+  make ${lib.concatStringsSep " " makeFlags}
+
+  # Install
+  make install ROOT=$out ${lib.concatStringsSep " " makeFlags}
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/disable-programs.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/disable-programs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b15ae296805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/disable-programs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- makefile
++++ makefile
+@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
+-SHELL = /bin/sh
++SHELL = sh
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = build libwchar libcommon libuxre _install \
+-	banner basename bc bdiff bfs \
+-	cal calendar cat chmod chown \
+-	cksum cmp col comm copy cp cpio csplit cut \
+-	date dc dd deroff diff diff3 dircmp dirname df du \
++SUBDIRS = libwchar libcommon libuxre _install \
++	banner basename bdiff bfs \
++	cat chmod chown \
++	cksum cmp col comm copy cp csplit cut \
++	dc dirname \
+ 	echo ed env expand expr \
+-	factor file find fmt fmtmsg fold \
+-	getconf getopt grep groups hd head hostname id join \
+-	kill line listusers ln logins logname ls \
+-	mail man mesg mkdir mkfifo mknod more mvdir \
+-	nawk news nice nl nohup oawk od \
+-	paste pathchk pg pgrep pr printenv printf priocntl ps psrinfo pwd \
+-	random renice rm rmdir \
+-	sdiff sed setpgrp shl sleep sort spell split stty su sum sync \
+-	tabs tail tapecntl tar tcopy tee test time touch tr true tsort tty \
+-	ul uname uniq units users wc what who whoami whodo xargs yes
++	file fmt fold \
++	getopt grep hd head join \
++	kill line ln logname ls \
++	mesg mkdir mknod \
++	nl nohup od \
++	paste pathchk pgrep pr printenv printf pwd \
++	random rm rmdir \
++	sed sleep sort split sum \
++	tee test touch tr true tsort tty \
++	uniq units wc what whoami xargs yes
++
++# These depend on some coreutils that we need to build first
++SUBDIRS += bc nawk build
+ 
+ dummy: makefiles all
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/dont-link-lm.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/dont-link-lm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf7a72b733ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/dont-link-lm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- csplit/Makefile.mk
++++ csplit/Makefile.mk
+@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
+ all: csplit csplit_sus csplit_su3
+ 
+ csplit: csplit.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit.o $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -lm -o csplit
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit.o $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o csplit
+ 
+ csplit.o: csplit.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(XO6FL) $(LARGEF) $(IWCHAR) $(ICOMMON) -c csplit.c
+ 
+ csplit_sus: csplit_sus.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit_sus.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -lm -o csplit_sus
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit_sus.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o csplit_sus
+ 
+ csplit_sus.o: csplit.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(XO6FL) $(LARGEF) $(IUXRE) $(IWCHAR) $(ICOMMON) -DSUS -c csplit.c -o csplit_sus.o
+ 
+ csplit_su3: csplit_su3.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit_su3.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -lm -o csplit_su3
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) csplit_su3.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o csplit_su3
+ 
+ csplit_su3.o: csplit.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(XO6FL) $(LARGEF) $(IUXRE) $(IWCHAR) $(ICOMMON) -DSU3 -c csplit.c -o csplit_su3.o
+--- nawk/Makefile.mk
++++ nawk/Makefile.mk
+@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ all: awk awk_sus awk_su3
+ OBJ = awk.lx.o b.o lib.o main.o parse.o proctab.o run.o tran.o
+ 
+ awk: awk.g.o $(OBJ) version.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.o $(OBJ) version.o $(LUXRE) -lm $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.o $(OBJ) version.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk
+ 
+ awk_sus: awk.g.o $(OBJ) version_sus.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.o $(OBJ) version_sus.o $(LUXRE) -lm $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk_sus
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.o $(OBJ) version_sus.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk_sus
+ 
+ awk_su3: awk.g.2001.o $(OBJ) version_su3.o
+-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.2001.o $(OBJ) version_su3.o $(LUXRE) -lm $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk_su3
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) awk.g.2001.o $(OBJ) version_su3.o $(LUXRE) $(LCOMMON) $(LWCHAR) $(LIBS) -o awk_su3
+ 
+ awk.g.c: awk.g.y
+ 	$(YACC) -d awk.g.y
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/langinfo.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/langinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8ad842b37c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/langinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+--- nawk/main.c
++++ nawk/main.c
+@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <locale.h>
+-#include <langinfo.h>
+ #include <libgen.h>
+ 
+ #define	CMDCLASS	""/*"UX:"*/	/* Command classification */
+--- sort/sort.c
++++ sort/sort.c
+@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)sort.sl	1.37 (gritter) 5/29/05";
+ #include <locale.h>
+ #include <wchar.h>
+ #include <wctype.h>
+-#include <langinfo.h>
+ #include <inttypes.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ 
+@@ -287,18 +286,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	else
+ 		chkblank();
+ 	compare = cmpf = ccoll ? mb_cur_max > 1 ? cmpm : cmpa : cmpl;
+-	setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "");
+-	arg = nl_langinfo(RADIXCHAR);
+-	if (mb_cur_max > 1)
+-		next(radixchar, arg, i);
+-	else
+-		radixchar = *arg & 0377;
+-	arg = nl_langinfo(THOUSEP);
+-	if (mb_cur_max > 1)
+-		next(thousep, arg, i);
+-	else
+-		thousep = *arg & 0377;
+-	setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
+ 	fields = smalloc(NF * sizeof *fields);
+ 	copyproto();
+ 	eargv = argv;
+@@ -1088,8 +1075,7 @@ cmp(const char *i, const char *j)
+ 		} else {
+ 			sa = elicpy(collba, pa, la, '\n', ignore, code);
+ 			sb = elicpy(collbb, pb, lb, '\n', ignore, code);
+-			n = fp->Mflg ? monthcmp(collba, collbb) :
+-				strcoll(collba, collbb);
++			n = strcmp(collba, collbb);
+ 			if (n)
+ 				return n > 0 ? -fp->rflg : fp->rflg;
+ 			pa = &pa[sa];
+@@ -1570,49 +1556,6 @@ upcdup(const char *s)
+ 	return r;
+ }
+ 
+-static const char	*months[12];
+-
+-#define	COPY_ABMON(m)	months[m-1] = upcdup(nl_langinfo(ABMON_##m))
+-
+-static void
+-fillmonths(void)
+-{
+-	COPY_ABMON(1);
+-	COPY_ABMON(2);
+-	COPY_ABMON(3);
+-	COPY_ABMON(4);
+-	COPY_ABMON(5);
+-	COPY_ABMON(6);
+-	COPY_ABMON(7);
+-	COPY_ABMON(8);
+-	COPY_ABMON(9);
+-	COPY_ABMON(10);
+-	COPY_ABMON(11);
+-	COPY_ABMON(12);
+-}
+-
+-static int
+-monthcoll(const char *s)
+-{
+-	int	i;
+-	char	u[MB_LEN_MAX*3+1];
+-
+-	cpcu3(u, s);
+-	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
+-		if (strcmp(u, months[i]) == 0)
+-			return i;
+-	return 0;
+-}
+-
+-
+-static int
+-monthcmp(const char *pa, const char *pb)
+-{
+-	if (months[0] == NULL)
+-		fillmonths();
+-	return monthcoll(pa) - monthcoll(pb);
+-}
+-
+ /*
+  * isblank() consumes half of execution time (in skip()) with
+  * glibc 2.3.1. Check if it contains only space and tab, and
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/meslibc-support.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/meslibc-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8f7daede3b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/meslibc-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+--- _install/install_ucb.c
++++ _install/install_ucb.c
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ cp(const char *src, const char *tgt, struct stat *dsp)
+ 	if (check(src, tgt, dsp, &sst) != OKAY)
+ 		return;
+ 	unlink(tgt);
+-	if ((dfd = creat(tgt, 0700)) < 0 || fchmod(dfd, 0700) < 0 ||
++	if ((dfd = creat(tgt, 0700)) < 0 || chmod(tgt, 0700) < 0 ||
+ 			fstat(dfd, &nst) < 0) {
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", progname, src,
+ 				strerror(errno));
+--- libcommon/Makefile.mk
++++ libcommon/Makefile.mk
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CHECK: CHECK.c
+ headers: CHECK
+ 	one() { \
+ 		rm -f "$$1.h"; \
+-		if grep "$$1_h[	 ]*=[ 	]*[^0][	 ]*;" CHECK >/dev/null; \
++		if true; \
+ 		then \
+ 			ln -s "_$$1.h" "$$1.h"; \
+ 		fi; \
+--- libcommon/atoll.h
++++ libcommon/atoll.h
+@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)atoll.h	1.4 (gritter) 7/18/04	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__hpux) || defined (_AIX) || \
+-	defined (__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD__) < 5
++	(defined (__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD__) < 5) || defined (__TINYC__)
++#ifndef __TINYC__
+ extern long long strtoll(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
+ extern unsigned long long strtoull(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base);
++#endif
+ extern long long atoll(const char *nptr);
+ #endif	/* __hpux || _AIX || __FreeBSD__ < 5 */
+--- libcommon/blank.h
++++ libcommon/blank.h
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+  */
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)blank.h	1.3 (gritter) 5/1/04	*/
+ 
+-#ifndef	__dietlibc__
++#if !defined(__dietlibc__) && !defined(__TINYC__)
+ #ifndef	LIBCOMMON_BLANK_H
+ #define	LIBCOMMON_BLANK_H	1
+ 
+--- libcommon/getdir.c
++++ libcommon/getdir.c
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ extern int	getdents(int, struct dirent *, size_t);
+ #undef	d_ino
+ #endif	/* __FreeBSD__ || __NetBSD__ || __OpenBSD__ || __DragonFly__
+ 	 || __APPLE__ */
+-#elif defined	(__dietlibc__)
++#elif defined	(__dietlibc__) || defined(__TINYC__)
+ #include	<dirent.h>
+ #include	<unistd.h>
+ #else		/* !__GLIBC__, !__dietlibc__ */
+--- libcommon/memalign.c
++++ libcommon/memalign.c
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (_AIX) || \
+ 	defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined(__TINYC__)
+ /*
+  * FreeBSD malloc(3) promises to page-align the return of malloc() calls
+  * if size is at least a page. This serves for a poor man's memalign() 
+--- libcommon/memalign.h
++++ libcommon/memalign.h
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (_AIX) || \
+ 	defined (__NetBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined(__TINYC__)
+ #include	<stdlib.h>
+ 
+ extern void	*memalign(size_t, size_t);
+--- libcommon/pathconf.c
++++ libcommon/pathconf.c
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+  */
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)pathconf.c	1.2 (gritter) 5/1/04	*/
+ 
+-#ifdef	__dietlibc__
++#if defined(__dietlibc__) || defined(__TINYC__)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include "pathconf.h"
+ 
+--- libcommon/pathconf.h
++++ libcommon/pathconf.h
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+  */
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)pathconf.h	1.2 (gritter) 5/1/04	*/
+ 
+-#ifdef	__dietlibc__
++#if defined(__dietlibc__) || defined(__TINYC__)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ extern long	fpathconf(int, int);
+--- libcommon/regexp.h
++++ libcommon/regexp.h
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
+ static const char regexp_h_sccsid[] REGEXP_H_USED =
+ 	"@(#)regexp.sl	1.56 (gritter) 5/29/05";
+ 
+-#if !defined (REGEXP_H_USED_FROM_VI) && !defined (__dietlibc__)
++#if !defined (REGEXP_H_USED_FROM_VI) && !defined (__dietlibc__) && !defined (__TINYC__)
+ #define	REGEXP_H_WCHARS
+ #endif
+ 
+--- libcommon/sfile.c
++++ libcommon/sfile.c
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+  */
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sfile.c	1.9 (gritter) 6/7/04	*/
+ 
+-#ifdef	__linux__
++#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__TINYC__)
+ #undef	_FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+ 
+ #include	<sys/types.h>
+--- libcommon/sighold.c
++++ libcommon/sighold.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sighold.c	1.7 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+ 
+--- libcommon/sigignore.c
++++ libcommon/sigignore.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sigignore.c	1.6 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+ 
+--- libcommon/sigpause.c
++++ libcommon/sigpause.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sigpause.c	1.6 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+ 
+--- libcommon/sigrelse.c
++++ libcommon/sigrelse.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sigrelse.c	1.8 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+ 
+--- libcommon/sigset.c
++++ libcommon/sigset.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sigset.c	1.7 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+ 
+@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ void (*sigset(int sig, void (*func)(int)))(int)
+ 	if (sigaction(sig, func==SIG_HOLD?(struct sigaction *)0:&nact, &oact)
+ 			== -1)
+ 		return SIG_ERR;
+-	if (sigismember(&oset, sig))
+-		return SIG_HOLD;
+-	else
+-		return (oact.sa_handler);
++	return (oact.sa_handler);
+ }
+ #endif	/* __FreeBSD__ || __dietlibc__ || __NetBSD__ || __OpenBSD__ ||
+ 	__DragonFly__ || __APPLE__ */
+--- libcommon/sigset.h
++++ libcommon/sigset.h
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)sigset.h	1.9 (gritter) 1/22/06	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__dietlibc__) || defined (__NetBSD__) || \
+-	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__)
++	defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ 
+ #ifndef	SIG_HOLD
+ #define	SIG_HOLD	((void (*)(int))2)
+--- libcommon/strtol.c
++++ libcommon/strtol.c
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ /*	Sccsid @(#)strtol.c	1.6 (gritter) 7/18/04	*/
+ 
+ #if defined (__hpux) || defined (_AIX) || \
+-	defined (__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD__) < 5
++	(defined (__FreeBSD__) && (__FreeBSD__) < 5) || defined (__TINYC__)
+ 
+ #include	<stdlib.h>
+ #include	<ctype.h>
+@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ out:	if (pp <= bptr) {
+ 	return v * sign;
+ }
+ 
++#ifndef __TINYC__
+ long long
+ strtoll(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base)
+ {
+@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ strtoull(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base)
+ {
+ 	return (unsigned long long)internal(nptr, endptr, base, 3);
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ long long
+ atoll(const char *nptr)
+--- nawk/awk.h
++++ nawk/awk.h
+@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ extern Cell	*rlengthloc;	/* RLENGTH */
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifndef	IN_MAKETAB
+-#include <wchar.h>
+ 
+ /*
+  * Get next character from string s and store it in wc; n is set to
+--- nawk/awk.lx.l
++++ nawk/awk.lx.l
+@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
+ 
+ #include	"awk.h"
+ #include	"y.tab.h"
+-#include	<pfmt.h>
+ #include	<unistd.h>
+ 
+ static void	awk_unputstr(const char *s);
+--- nawk/run.c
++++ nawk/run.c
+@@ -1467,14 +1467,6 @@ Cell *bltin(Node **a, int n)
+ 	case FRAND:
+ 		u = (Awkfloat) (rand() % 32767) / 32767.0;
+ 		break;
+-	case FSRAND:
+-		u = saved_srand; /* return previous seed */
+-		if (x->tval & REC)	/* no argument provided */
+-			saved_srand = time(NULL);
+-		else
+-			saved_srand = getfval(x);
+-		srand((int) saved_srand);
+-		break;
+ 	case FTOUPPER:
+ 	case FTOLOWER:
+ 		p = getsval(x);
+--- pgrep/pgrep.c
++++ pgrep/pgrep.c
+@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ chdir_to_proc(void)
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open %s\n", progname, PROCDIR);
+ 		exit(3);
+ 	}
+-	if (fchdir(fd) < 0) {
++	if (chdir(PROCDIR) < 0) {
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot chdir to %s\n", progname, PROCDIR);
+ 		exit(3);
+ 	}
+--- rm/rm.c
++++ rm/rm.c
+@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ rm(size_t pend, const char *base, const int olddir, int ssub, int level)
+ 				}
+ 				return;
+ 			}
+-			if (fchdir(df) < 0) {
++			if (chdir(base) < 0) {
+ 				if (rmfile(base, &st) < 0) {
+ 					fprintf(stderr,
+ 						"%s: cannot chdir to %s\n",
+@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ rm(size_t pend, const char *base, const int olddir, int ssub, int level)
+ 					progname, path);
+ 				errcnt |= 4;
+ 			}
+-			if (olddir >= 0 && fchdir(olddir) < 0) {
++			if (olddir >= 0) {
+ 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot change backwards\n",
+ 						progname);
+ 				exit(1);
+@@ -316,24 +316,6 @@ subproc(size_t pend, const char *base, int level)
+ 		int status;
+ 
+ 		while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid);
+-		if (status && WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+-			/*
+-			 * If the signal was sent due to a tty keypress,
+-			 * we should be terminated automatically and
+-			 * never reach this point. Otherwise, we terminate
+-			 * with the same signal, but make sure that we do
+-			 * not overwrite a possibly generated core file.
+-			 * This results in nearly the usual behavior except
+-			 * that the shell never prints a 'core dumped'
+-			 * message.
+-			 */
+-			struct rlimit	rl;
+-
+-			rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max = 0;
+-			setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl);
+-			raise(WTERMSIG(status));
+-			pause();
+-		}
+ 		return status ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : 0;
+ 	}
+ 	case -1:
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/musl.h b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/musl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4a314056074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/musl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+  Copyright © 2005-2019 Rich Felker, et al.
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+  the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+  CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+  TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+// Additional utilities from musl 1.1.24
+
+// include/stdlib.h
+#define WEXITSTATUS(s) (((s) & 0xff00) >> 8)
+#define WTERMSIG(s) ((s) & 0x7f)
+#define WIFEXITED(s) (!WTERMSIG(s))
+#define WIFSIGNALED(s) (((s)&0xffff)-1U < 0xffu)
+
+// include/sys/sysmacros.h
+#define major(x) \
+	((unsigned)( (((x)>>31>>1) & 0xfffff000) | (((x)>>8) & 0x00000fff) ))
+#define minor(x) \
+	((unsigned)( (((x)>>12) & 0xffffff00) | ((x) & 0x000000ff) ))
+#define makedev(x,y) ( \
+        (((x)&0xfffff000ULL) << 32) | \
+	(((x)&0x00000fffULL) << 8) | \
+        (((y)&0xffffff00ULL) << 12) | \
+	(((y)&0x000000ffULL)) )
+
+// src/misc/basename.c
+#include <string.h>
+char *basename(char *s)
+{
+	size_t i;
+	if (!s || !*s) return ".";
+	i = strlen(s)-1;
+	for (; i&&s[i]=='/'; i--) s[i] = 0;
+	for (; i&&s[i-1]!='/'; i--);
+	return s+i;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.c b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a498a33f369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.c
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "awk.h"
+#include "y.tab.h"
+
+static unsigned char *printname[92] = {
+	(unsigned char *) "FIRSTTOKEN",	/* 258 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PROGRAM",	/* 259 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PASTAT",	/* 260 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PASTAT2",	/* 261 */
+	(unsigned char *) "XBEGIN",	/* 262 */
+	(unsigned char *) "XEND",	/* 263 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NL",	/* 264 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ARRAY",	/* 265 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MATCH",	/* 266 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NOTMATCH",	/* 267 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MATCHOP",	/* 268 */
+	(unsigned char *) "FINAL",	/* 269 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DOT",	/* 270 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ALL",	/* 271 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CCL",	/* 272 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NCCL",	/* 273 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CHAR",	/* 274 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MCHAR",	/* 275 */
+	(unsigned char *) "OR",	/* 276 */
+	(unsigned char *) "STAR",	/* 277 */
+	(unsigned char *) "QUEST",	/* 278 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PLUS",	/* 279 */
+	(unsigned char *) "AND",	/* 280 */
+	(unsigned char *) "BOR",	/* 281 */
+	(unsigned char *) "APPEND",	/* 282 */
+	(unsigned char *) "EQ",	/* 283 */
+	(unsigned char *) "GE",	/* 284 */
+	(unsigned char *) "GT",	/* 285 */
+	(unsigned char *) "LE",	/* 286 */
+	(unsigned char *) "LT",	/* 287 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NE",	/* 288 */
+	(unsigned char *) "IN",	/* 289 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ARG",	/* 290 */
+	(unsigned char *) "BLTIN",	/* 291 */
+	(unsigned char *) "BREAK",	/* 292 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CONTINUE",	/* 293 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DELETE",	/* 294 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DO",	/* 295 */
+	(unsigned char *) "EXIT",	/* 296 */
+	(unsigned char *) "FOR",	/* 297 */
+	(unsigned char *) "FUNC",	/* 298 */
+	(unsigned char *) "SUB",	/* 299 */
+	(unsigned char *) "GSUB",	/* 300 */
+	(unsigned char *) "IF",	/* 301 */
+	(unsigned char *) "INDEX",	/* 302 */
+	(unsigned char *) "LSUBSTR",	/* 303 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MATCHFCN",	/* 304 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NEXT",	/* 305 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ADD",	/* 306 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MINUS",	/* 307 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MULT",	/* 308 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DIVIDE",	/* 309 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MOD",	/* 310 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ASSIGN",	/* 311 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ASGNOP",	/* 312 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ADDEQ",	/* 313 */
+	(unsigned char *) "SUBEQ",	/* 314 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MULTEQ",	/* 315 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DIVEQ",	/* 316 */
+	(unsigned char *) "MODEQ",	/* 317 */
+	(unsigned char *) "POWEQ",	/* 318 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PRINT",	/* 319 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PRINTF",	/* 320 */
+	(unsigned char *) "SPRINTF",	/* 321 */
+	(unsigned char *) "ELSE",	/* 322 */
+	(unsigned char *) "INTEST",	/* 323 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CONDEXPR",	/* 324 */
+	(unsigned char *) "POSTINCR",	/* 325 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PREINCR",	/* 326 */
+	(unsigned char *) "POSTDECR",	/* 327 */
+	(unsigned char *) "PREDECR",	/* 328 */
+	(unsigned char *) "VAR",	/* 329 */
+	(unsigned char *) "IVAR",	/* 330 */
+	(unsigned char *) "VARNF",	/* 331 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CALL",	/* 332 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NUMBER",	/* 333 */
+	(unsigned char *) "STRING",	/* 334 */
+	(unsigned char *) "FIELD",	/* 335 */
+	(unsigned char *) "REGEXPR",	/* 336 */
+	(unsigned char *) "GETLINE",	/* 337 */
+	(unsigned char *) "RETURN",	/* 338 */
+	(unsigned char *) "SPLIT",	/* 339 */
+	(unsigned char *) "SUBSTR",	/* 340 */
+	(unsigned char *) "WHILE",	/* 341 */
+	(unsigned char *) "CAT",	/* 342 */
+	(unsigned char *) "NOT",	/* 343 */
+	(unsigned char *) "UMINUS",	/* 344 */
+	(unsigned char *) "POWER",	/* 345 */
+	(unsigned char *) "DECR",	/* 346 */
+	(unsigned char *) "INCR",	/* 347 */
+	(unsigned char *) "INDIRECT",	/* 348 */
+	(unsigned char *) "LASTTOKEN",	/* 349 */
+};
+
+
+Cell *(*proctab[92])(Node **, int) = {
+	nullproc,	/* FIRSTTOKEN */
+	program,	/* PROGRAM */
+	pastat,	/* PASTAT */
+	dopa2,	/* PASTAT2 */
+	nullproc,	/* XBEGIN */
+	nullproc,	/* XEND */
+	nullproc,	/* NL */
+	array,	/* ARRAY */
+	matchop,	/* MATCH */
+	matchop,	/* NOTMATCH */
+	nullproc,	/* MATCHOP */
+	nullproc,	/* FINAL */
+	nullproc,	/* DOT */
+	nullproc,	/* ALL */
+	nullproc,	/* CCL */
+	nullproc,	/* NCCL */
+	nullproc,	/* CHAR */
+	nullproc,	/* MCHAR */
+	nullproc,	/* OR */
+	nullproc,	/* STAR */
+	nullproc,	/* QUEST */
+	nullproc,	/* PLUS */
+	boolop,	/* AND */
+	boolop,	/* BOR */
+	nullproc,	/* APPEND */
+	relop,	/* EQ */
+	relop,	/* GE */
+	relop,	/* GT */
+	relop,	/* LE */
+	relop,	/* LT */
+	relop,	/* NE */
+	instat,	/* IN */
+	arg,	/* ARG */
+	bltin,	/* BLTIN */
+	jump,	/* BREAK */
+	jump,	/* CONTINUE */
+	delete,	/* DELETE */
+	dostat,	/* DO */
+	jump,	/* EXIT */
+	forstat,	/* FOR */
+	nullproc,	/* FUNC */
+	sub,	/* SUB */
+	gsub,	/* GSUB */
+	ifstat,	/* IF */
+	sindex,	/* INDEX */
+	nullproc,	/* LSUBSTR */
+	matchop,	/* MATCHFCN */
+	jump,	/* NEXT */
+	arith,	/* ADD */
+	arith,	/* MINUS */
+	arith,	/* MULT */
+	arith,	/* DIVIDE */
+	arith,	/* MOD */
+	assign,	/* ASSIGN */
+	nullproc,	/* ASGNOP */
+	assign,	/* ADDEQ */
+	assign,	/* SUBEQ */
+	assign,	/* MULTEQ */
+	assign,	/* DIVEQ */
+	assign,	/* MODEQ */
+	assign,	/* POWEQ */
+	print,	/* PRINT */
+	aprintf,	/* PRINTF */
+	awsprintf,	/* SPRINTF */
+	nullproc,	/* ELSE */
+	intest,	/* INTEST */
+	condexpr,	/* CONDEXPR */
+	incrdecr,	/* POSTINCR */
+	incrdecr,	/* PREINCR */
+	incrdecr,	/* POSTDECR */
+	incrdecr,	/* PREDECR */
+	nullproc,	/* VAR */
+	nullproc,	/* IVAR */
+	getnf,	/* VARNF */
+	call,	/* CALL */
+	nullproc,	/* NUMBER */
+	nullproc,	/* STRING */
+	nullproc,	/* FIELD */
+	nullproc,	/* REGEXPR */
+	getline,	/* GETLINE */
+	jump,	/* RETURN */
+	split,	/* SPLIT */
+	substr,	/* SUBSTR */
+	whilestat,	/* WHILE */
+	cat,	/* CAT */
+	boolop,	/* NOT */
+	arith,	/* UMINUS */
+	arith,	/* POWER */
+	nullproc,	/* DECR */
+	nullproc,	/* INCR */
+	indirect,	/* INDIRECT */
+	nullproc,	/* LASTTOKEN */
+};
+
+unsigned char *tokname(int n)
+{
+	static unsigned char buf[100];
+
+	if (n < FIRSTTOKEN || n > LASTTOKEN) {
+		snprintf((char *)buf, sizeof buf, "token %d", n);
+		return buf;
+	}
+	return printname[n-257];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30913c9022b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/proctab.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- nawk/Makefile.mk
++++ nawk/Makefile.mk
+@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ maketab: maketab.o
+ 	$(HOSTCC) maketab.o -o maketab
+ 	./maketab > proctab.c
+ 
+-proctab.c: maketab
+-
+ awk.g.o: awk.g.c
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGSS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(XO5FL) $(LARGEF) $(IWCHAR) $(ICOMMON) $(IUXRE) -c awk.g.c
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/strcoll.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/strcoll.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20ed5c5c352e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/strcoll.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+--- comm/comm.c
++++ comm/comm.c
+@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ compare(const char *a, const char *b)
+ 			return(2);
+ 		}
+ 	} else {
+-		n = strcoll(a, b);
++		n = strcmp(a, b);
+ 		return n ? n > 0 ? 2 : 1 : 0;
+ 	}
+ }
+--- expr/expr.y
++++ expr/expr.y
+@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ _rel(int op, register char *r1, register char *r2)
+ 	if (numeric(r1) && numeric(r2))
+ 		i = atoll(r1) - atoll(r2);
+ 	else
+-		i = strcoll(r1, r2);
++		i = strcmp(r1, r2);
+ 	switch(op) {
+ 	case EQ: i = i==0; break;
+ 	case GT: i = i>0; break;
+--- join/join.c
++++ join/join.c
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enum {
+ 	JF = -1
+ };
+ #define	ppi(f, j)	((j) >= 0 && (j) < ppisize[f] ? ppibuf[f][j] : null)
+-#define comp() strcoll(ppi(F1, j1),ppi(F2, j2))
++#define comp() strcmp(ppi(F1, j1),ppi(F2, j2))
+ 
+ #define	next(wc, s, n)	(*(s) & 0200 ? ((n) = mbtowi(&(wc), (s), mb_cur_max), \
+ 		(n) = ((n) > 0 ? (n) : (n) < 0 ? (wc=WEOF, 1) : 1)) : \
+--- ls/ls.c
++++ ls/ls.c
+@@ -575,13 +575,13 @@ _mergesort(struct file **al)
+ static int
+ namecmp(struct file *f1, struct file *f2)
+ {
+-	return strcoll(f1->name, f2->name);
++	return strcmp(f1->name, f2->name);
+ }
+ 
+ static int
+ extcmp(struct file *f1, struct file *f2)
+ {
+-	return strcoll(extension(f1->name), extension(f2->name));
++	return strcmp(extension(f1->name), extension(f2->name));
+ }
+ 
+ static int
+--- nawk/run.c
++++ nawk/run.c
+@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ Cell *relop(Node **a, int n)
+ 		j = x->fval - y->fval;
+ 		i = j<0? -1: (j>0? 1: 0);
+ 	} else {
+-		i = strcoll((char*)getsval(x), (char*)getsval(y));
++		i = strcmp((char*)getsval(x), (char*)getsval(y));
+ 	}
+ 	tempfree(x, "");
+ 	tempfree(y, "");
+--- sort/sort.c
++++ sort/sort.c
+@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ cmpl(const char *pa, const char *pb)
+ 
+ 	ecpy(collba, pa, '\n');
+ 	ecpy(collbb, pb, '\n');
+-	n = strcoll(collba, collbb);
++	n = strcmp(collba, collbb);
+ 	return n ? n > 0 ? -fields[0].rflg : fields[0].rflg : 0;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/stubs.h b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/stubs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5aef8168180b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/stubs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <getopt.h>
+extern int optopt;
+
+int ftruncate(int fd, int offset) {
+  return -1;
+}
+
+int getsid (int pid) {
+  return -1;
+}
+
+static int isblank(int c)
+{
+	return c == ' ' || c == '\t';
+}
+
+#define lchown chown
+
+// meslibc implements lstat but is missing declaration
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+int lstat (char const *file_name, struct stat *statbuf);
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+int mkstemp(char *t)
+{
+  mktemp(t);
+  int fd = open(t, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC, 0600);
+  return fd;
+}
+
+int putenv(char *string)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+char* realpath (char* path, char* resolved) {
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+#define strncasecmp(a,b,n) strncmp(strupr(a),strupr(b),n)
+
+
+#define nlink_t unsigned long
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#define USHRT_MAX UINT16_MAX
+#define SSIZE_MAX LONG_MAX
+#define MB_LEN_MAX 1 
+
+#define EPERM 1
+#define ESRCH 3
+#define EDOM 33
+#define S_IFSOCK 0140000
+#define S_ISVTX 01000
+#define S_IREAD S_IRUSR
+#define S_IWRITE S_IWUSR
+#define S_IEXEC S_IXUSR
+
+#define _PC_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
+#define _PC_VDISABLE 8
+#define _POSIX_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
+#define LINE_MAX 4096
+
+#define LC_TIME 0
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/sysconf.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/sysconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d1b3e152ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/sysconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+--- cmp/cmp.c
++++ cmp/cmp.c
+@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ openfile(const char *fn)
+ 	struct file	*f;
+ 
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+-		if ((pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)) < 0)
++		if ((pagesize = 4096) < 0)
+ 			pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if ((f = memalign(pagesize, sizeof *f)) == NULL) {
+ 		write(2, "no memory\n", 10);
+--- copy/copy.c
++++ copy/copy.c
+@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ fdcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *sp, int sfd,
+ 			goto err;
+ 	}
+ #endif	/* __linux__ */
+-	if (pagesize == 0 && (pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)) <= 0)
++	if (pagesize == 0 && (pagesize = 4096) <= 0)
+ 		pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if ((blksize = sp->st_blksize) <= 0)
+ 		blksize = 512;
+--- cp/cp.c
++++ cp/cp.c
+@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ fdcopy(const char *src, const struct stat *ssp, const int sfd,
+ 	}
+ #endif	/* __linux__ */
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+-		if ((pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)) < 0)
++		if ((pagesize = 4096) < 0)
+ 			pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if (bflag)
+ 		blksize = bflag;
+--- libcommon/ib_alloc.c
++++ libcommon/ib_alloc.c
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ib_alloc(int fd, unsigned blksize)
+ 	struct stat	st;
+ 
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+-		if ((pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)) < 0)
++		if ((pagesize = 4096) < 0)
+ 			pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if (blksize == 0) {
+ 		if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0)
+--- libcommon/memalign.c
++++ libcommon/memalign.c
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
+ 	static long	pagesize;
+ 
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+-		pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
++		pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if (alignment != pagesize)
+ 		return NULL;
+ 	if (size < pagesize)
+--- libcommon/oblok.c
++++ libcommon/oblok.c
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ob_alloc(int fd, enum ob_mode bf)
+ 	struct oblok	*op;
+ 
+ 	if (pagesize == 0)
+-		if ((pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)) < 0)
++		if ((pagesize = 4096) < 0)
+ 			pagesize = 4096;
+ 	if ((op = memalign(pagesize, sizeof *op)) == NULL)
+ 		return NULL;
+--- xargs/xargs.c
++++ xargs/xargs.c
+@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void
+ endcmd(void)
+ {
+ 	a_agg = a_cnt;
+-	a_maxsize = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) - envsz() - 2048 - a_asz;
++	a_maxsize = 65536 - envsz() - 2048 - a_asz;
+ 	if (nflag || sflag) {
+ 		long	newsize = sflag ? atol(sflag) :
+ #ifdef	WEIRD_LIMITS
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/tcc-empty-ar.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/tcc-empty-ar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c57a54b93b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/tcc-empty-ar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libwchar/Makefile.mk
++++ libwchar/Makefile.mk
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fake:
+ 	if test "x$(LWCHAR)" = x; \
+ 	then \
+ 		touch $(OBJ); \
+-		ar r libwchar.a $(OBJ); \
++		touch libwchar.a $(OBJ); \
+ 	fi
+ 
+ install:
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/termios.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/termios.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea40a8d7a040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/termios.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+--- ed/ed.c
++++ ed/ed.c
+@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)ed.sl	1.99 (gritter) 7/27/06";
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include "sigset.h"
+-#include <termios.h>
+ #include <setjmp.h>
+ #include <libgen.h>
+ #include <inttypes.h>
+@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)ed.sl	1.99 (gritter) 7/27/06";
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <wctype.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+-#include <termios.h>
+ static int	FNSIZE;
+ static int	LBSIZE;
+ static int	RHSIZE;
+@@ -2273,22 +2271,10 @@ sclose(int fd)
+ static void
+ fspec(const char *lp)
+ {
+-	struct termios	ts;
+ 	const char	*cp;
+ 
+ 	freetabs();
+ 	maxlength = 0;
+-	if (tcgetattr(1, &ts) < 0
+-#ifdef	TAB3
+-			|| (ts.c_oflag&TAB3) == 0
+-#endif
+-			)
+-		return;
+-	while (lp[0]) {
+-		if (lp[0] == '<' && lp[1] == ':')
+-			break;
+-		lp++;
+-	}
+ 	if (lp[0]) {
+ 		lp += 2;
+ 		while ((cp = ftok(&lp)) != NULL) {
+--- ls/ls.c
++++ ls/ls.c
+@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ static char ifmt_c[] = "-pc-d-b--nl-SD--";
+ #include <grp.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+-#include <termios.h>
+ #include <locale.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+@@ -110,14 +109,6 @@ static char ifmt_c[] = "-pc-d-b--nl-SD--";
+ #include <wchar.h>
+ #include <wctype.h>
+ #include "config.h"
+-#ifndef	USE_TERMCAP
+-#ifndef	sun
+-#include <curses.h>
+-#include <term.h>
+-#endif
+-#else	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+-#include <termcap.h>
+-#endif	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+ 
+ #ifdef	_AIX
+ #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+@@ -989,13 +980,6 @@ printname(const char *name, struct file *f, int doit)
+ 			bold++;
+ 		}
+ 		if (color) {
+-#ifndef	USE_TERMCAP
+-			if (bold)
+-				vidattr(A_BOLD);
+-#else	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+-			if (Bold)
+-				tputs(Bold, 1, putchar);
+-#endif	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+ 			printf(color);
+ 		}
+ 	}
+@@ -1056,13 +1040,6 @@ printname(const char *name, struct file *f, int doit)
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	if (doit && color) {
+-#if !defined (USE_TERMCAP)
+-		if (bold)
+-			vidattr(A_NORMAL);
+-#else	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+-		if (Normal)
+-			tputs(Normal, 1, putchar);
+-#endif	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+ 		printf(fc_get(FC_NORMAL));
+ 	}
+ 	if (f)
+@@ -1598,16 +1575,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ 	struct file *flist = nil, **aflist = &flist;
+ 	enum depth depth;
+-	struct winsize ws;
+ 	int i;
+ 	char *cp;
+ 
+ #ifdef	__GLIBC__
+ 	putenv("POSIXLY_CORRECT=1");
+ #endif
+-	setlocale(LC_COLLATE, "");
+-	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+-	setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
+ #ifndef	UCB
+ 	if (getenv("SYSV3") != NULL)
+ 		sysv3 = 1;
+@@ -1624,16 +1597,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	}
+ 	if (istty || isatty(1)) {
+ 		istty = 1;
+-#if !defined (USE_TERMCAP)
+-		setupterm(NULL, 1, &tinfostat);
+-#else	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+-		{
+-			char	buf[2048];
+-			if ((cp = getenv("TERM")) != NULL)
+-				if (tgetent(buf, cp) > 0)
+-					tinfostat = 1;
+-		}
+-#endif	/* USE_TERMCAP */
+ 		field |= FL_STATUS;
+ 	}
+ 	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, personalities[personality].per_opt))
+@@ -1753,12 +1716,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 	if ((cp = getenv("COLUMNS")) != NULL) {
+ 		ncols = atoi(cp);
+ 	} else if ((present('C') || present('x') || present('m')) && istty) {
+-		if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) == 0 && ws.ws_col > 0)
+-			ncols = ws.ws_col - 1;
+-#if !defined (USE_TERMCAP)
+-		else if (tinfostat == 1 && columns > 0)
+-			ncols = columns;
+-#endif	/* !USE_TERMCAP */
+ 	}
+ 	depth = SURFACE;
+ 	if (optind == argc) {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/utime.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/utime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..081ac9d2ee3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/utime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+--- copy/copy.c
++++ copy/copy.c
+@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)copy.sl	1.15 (gritter) 5/29/05";
+ #include <libgen.h>
+ #include <limits.h>
+ #include <dirent.h>
+-#include <utime.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include "sfile.h"
+ #include "memalign.h"
+@@ -441,12 +440,6 @@ attribs(const char *dst, const struct stat *sp)
+ 	if (oflag && ((sp->st_mode&S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK ?
+ 			lchown:chown)(dst, sp->st_uid, sp->st_gid) < 0)
+ 		complain("Unable to chown %s", dst);
+-	if (mflag && (sp->st_mode&S_IFMT) != S_IFLNK) {
+-		struct utimbuf	ut;
+-		ut.actime = sp->st_atime;
+-		ut.modtime = sp->st_mtime;
+-		utime(dst, &ut);
+-	}
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+--- cp/cp.c
++++ cp/cp.c
+@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)cp.sl	1.84 (gritter) 3/4/06";
+ #include	<libgen.h>
+ #include	<limits.h>
+ #include	<dirent.h>
+-#include	<utime.h>
+ #include	"sfile.h"
+ #include	"memalign.h"
+ #include	"alloca.h"
+@@ -354,18 +353,6 @@ permissions(const char *path, const struct stat *ssp)
+ 
+ 	mode = ssp->st_mode & 07777;
+ 	if (pflag) {
+-		struct utimbuf ut;
+-		ut.actime = ssp->st_atime;
+-		ut.modtime = ssp->st_mtime;
+-		if (utime(path, &ut) < 0) {
+-#if defined (SUS) || defined (S42)
+-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot set times for %s\n%s: %s\n",
+-					progname, path,
+-					progname, strerror(errno));
+-#endif /* SUS || S42 */
+-			if (pers != PERS_MV)
+-				errcnt |= 010;
+-		}
+ 		if (myuid == 0) {
+ 			if (chown(path, ssp->st_uid, ssp->st_gid) < 0) {
+ #if defined (SUS) || defined (S42)
+--- touch/touch.c
++++ touch/touch.c
+@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ static const char sccsid[] USED = "@(#)touch.sl	1.21 (gritter) 5/29/05";
+ #include	<stdlib.h>
+ #include	<errno.h>
+ #include	<libgen.h>
+-#include	<utime.h>
+ #include	<ctype.h>
+ #include	<time.h>
+ 
+@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ static void
+ touch(const char *fn)
+ {
+ 	struct stat st;
+-	struct utimbuf ut;
+ 
+ 	if (stat(fn, &st) < 0) {
+ 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
+@@ -113,19 +111,6 @@ touch(const char *fn)
+ 			return;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+-	if (aflag)
+-		ut.actime = nacc;
+-	else
+-		ut.actime = st.st_atime;
+-	if (mflag)
+-		ut.modtime = nmod;
+-	else
+-		ut.modtime = st.st_mtime;
+-	if (utime(fn, nulltime ? NULL : &ut) < 0) {
+-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot change times on %s\n",
+-				progname, fn);
+-		errcnt++;
+-	}
+ }
+ 
+ static void
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/vprintf.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/vprintf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6abce89b2f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/heirloom/vprintf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+--- cksum/cksum.c
++++ cksum/cksum.c
+@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ cksum(const char *name)
+ 		s = (s << 8) ^ crctab[(s >> 24) ^ c];
+ 	}
+ 	s = ~s;
+-	printf("%u %llu", (unsigned)s, nbytes);
++	printf("%u %lu", (unsigned)s, nbytes);
+ 	if(name)
+ 		printf(" %s", name);
+ 	printf("\n");
+--- cmp/cmp.c
++++ cmp/cmp.c
+@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ different:
+ 				errcnt = 1;
+ 			} else {
+ 				if (sflag == 0)
+-					printf("%s %s differ: char %lld,"
+-							" line %lld\n",
++					printf("%s %s differ: char %ld,"
++							" line %ld\n",
+ 						f1->f_nam, f2->f_nam,
+ 						(long long)offset(f1),
+ 						line);
+--- csplit/csplit.c
++++ csplit/csplit.c
+@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ csplit(const char *fn)
+ 				op = nextfile();
+ 			if (op) {
+ 				if (!sflag)
+-					printf("%lld\n", bytes);
++					printf("%ld\n", bytes);
+ 				bytes = 0;
+ 				fclose(op);
+ 			}
+--- expr/expr.y
++++ expr/expr.y
+@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ expression:	expr NOARG {
+ 			if (sus && numeric($1)) {
+ 				int64_t	n;
+ 				n = atoll($1);
+-				printf("%lld\n", n);
++				printf("%ld\n", n);
+ 				exit(n == 0);
+ 			} else
+ 				puts($1);
+@@ -447,10 +447,10 @@ numpr(int64_t val)
+ 	int	ret;
+ 
+ 	rv = smalloc(NUMSZ);
+-	ret = snprintf(rv, NUMSZ, "%lld", (long long)val);
++	ret = snprintf(rv, NUMSZ, "%ld", (long long)val);
+ 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= NUMSZ) {
+ 		rv = srealloc(rv, ret + 1);
+-		ret = snprintf(rv, ret, "%lld", (long long)val);
++		ret = snprintf(rv, ret, "%ld", (long long)val);
+ 		if (ret < 0)
+ 			yyerror("illegal number");
+ 	}
+--- grep/Makefile.mk
++++ grep/Makefile.mk
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config.h:
+ 	-echo 'long long foo;' >___build$$$$.c ; \
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS2) $(CPPFLAGS) $(IWCHAR) $(ICOMMON) $(IUXRE) $(LARGEF) -c ___build$$$$.c >/dev/null 2>&1 ; \
+ 	if test $$? = 0 && test -f ___build$$$$.o ; \
+-	then	echo '#define	LONGLONG' >>config.h ; \
++	then	echo '' >>config.h ; \
+ 	fi ; \
+ 	rm -f ___build$$$$.o ___build$$$$.c
+ 
+--- ls/Makefile.mk
++++ ls/Makefile.mk
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ config.h:
+ 	-echo 'long long foo;' >___build$$$$.c ; \
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LARGEF) $(IWCHAR) -c ___build$$$$.c >/dev/null 2>&1 ; \
+ 	if test $$? = 0 && test -f ___build$$$$.o ; \
+-	then	echo '#define	LONGLONG' >>config.h ; \
++	then	echo '' >>config.h ; \
+ 	fi ; \
+ 	rm -f ___build$$$$.o ___build$$$$.c
+ 	-echo '#include <sys/types.h>' >___build$$$$.c ; \
+--- pr/pr.c
++++ pr/pr.c
+@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ print(const char *fp, const char **argp)
+ 			putcs("  ");
+ 			putcs(header);
+ 			snprintf(linebuf, sizeof linebuf,
+-					" Page %lld\n\n\n", page);
++					" Page %ld\n\n\n", page);
+ 			putcs(linebuf);
+ 		}
+ 		c = putpage();
+--- sed/sed1.c
++++ sed/sed1.c
+@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ command(struct reptr *ipc)
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		case EQCOM:
+-			fprintf(stdout, "%lld\n", lnum);
++			fprintf(stdout, "%ld\n", lnum);
+ 			break;
+ 
+ 		case GCOM:
+--- sum/sum.c
++++ sum/sum.c
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ sum(const char *name)
+ 	else {
+ 		s = (s & 0xFFFF) + (s >> 16);
+ 		s = (s & 0xFFFF) + (s >> 16);
+-		printf("%u %llu", (unsigned)s,
++		printf("%u %lu", (unsigned)s,
+ 				(unsigned long long)(nbytes+UNIT-1)/UNIT);
+ 	}
+ 	if(name)
+--- wc/wc.c
++++ wc/wc.c
+@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ report(unsigned long long count)
+ #if defined (S42)
+ 	if (putspace++)
+ 		printf(" ");
+-	printf("%llu", count);
++	printf("%lu", count);
+ #else	/* !S42 */
+-	printf("%7llu ", count);
++	printf("%7lu ", count);
+ #endif	/* !S42 */
+ }
+