diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index f3d0c1a1ba..fa99940c24 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 mkdir -p m4 && do_autoreconf
 
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index 19486db72c..2358171fdc 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 
           mount_part "/flash/$IMAGE_SYSTEM" "/sysroot" "ro,loop"
           echo "Creating empty file, this can take a long time..."
-          /sysrootdd if=/dev/zero of="$storage_loop_file" bs=1M count=$STORAGE_USE &>/dev/null
+          dd if=/dev/zero of="$storage_loop_file" bs=1M count=$STORAGE_USE &>/dev/null
           echo "Formating to EXT4 filesystem, this can take a long time..."
           LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/sysroot/usr/lib /sysroot/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -F -L StorageLive "$storage_loop_file" &>/dev/null
           sync