diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
index 8f59686f18..51335670fa 100644
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Busybox version: 1.21.0
-# Tue Jan 22 01:39:02 2013
+# Thu May 30 20:13:41 2013
 #
 CONFIG_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
 
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ CONFIG_CHROOT=y
 CONFIG_CP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_CP_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
 # CONFIG_CUT is not set
-# CONFIG_DD is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_THIRD_STATUS_LINE is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS is not set
+CONFIG_DD=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_SIGNAL_HANDLING=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_THIRD_STATUS_LINE=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_DD_IBS_OBS=y
 CONFIG_DF=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_DF_FANCY is not set
 # CONFIG_DIRNAME is not set
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index aecbe8dbb6..04104c6f09 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -407,8 +407,7 @@
 
           mount_part "/flash/$IMAGE_SYSTEM" "/sysroot" "ro,loop"
           echo "Creating empty file, this can take a long time..."
-          # use dd from SYSTEM (may change later, needs CONFIG_DD_* & so in busybox-initramfs.conf)
-          /sysroot/bin/busybox dd if=/dev/zero of="$storage_loop_file" bs=1M count=$STORAGE_USE &>/dev/null
+          dd if=/dev/zero of="$storage_loop_file" bs=1M count=$STORAGE_USE &>/dev/null
           echo "Formating to EXT4 filesystem, this can take a long time..."
           # use mkfs.ext4 from SYSTEM
           LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/sysroot/usr/lib /sysroot/sbin/mkfs.ext4 -F -L StorageLive "$storage_loop_file" &>/dev/null