diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index dd3ae78df0..8504c8e02e 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -111,13 +111,28 @@ echo "libdir=/usr/lib" >> configparms
 echo "slibdir=/usr/lib" >> configparms
 echo "sbindir=/usr/bin" >> configparms
 echo "rootsbindir=/usr/bin" >> configparms
-echo "build-programs=no" >> configparms
+echo "build-programs=yes" >> configparms
+
+GLIBC_INCLUDE_BIN="getent ldd locale"
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
 # we are linking against ld.so, so symlink
   ln -sf $(basename $INSTALL/usr/lib/ld-*.so) $INSTALL/usr/lib/ld.so
 
+# cleanup
+# remove any programs we don't want/need, keeping only those we want
+  for f in $(find $INSTALL/usr/bin -type f); do
+    fb="$(basename "${f}")"
+    for ib in $GLIBC_INCLUDE_BIN; do
+      if [ "${ib}" == "${fb}" ]; then
+        fb=
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    [ -n "${fb}" ] && rm -rf ${f}
+  done
+
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/audit
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/glibc
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/libc_pic