diff --git a/package/gzip/gzip.hash b/package/gzip/gzip.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56f052f7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gzip/gzip.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
+sha256	37dfed1a485d53212c43b3fa2a7c7952f09bf5cd86e37121c222341ee1b27847  gzip-1.6.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/gzip/gzip.mk b/package/gzip/gzip.mk
index e1a7befdb1..4ae2ae03da 100644
--- a/package/gzip/gzip.mk
+++ b/package/gzip/gzip.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 GZIP_VERSION = 1.6
 GZIP_SOURCE = gzip-$(GZIP_VERSION).tar.xz
 GZIP_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/gzip
+# Some other tools expect it to be in /bin
+GZIP_CONF_OPTS = --exec-prefix=/
+# Prefer full gzip over potentially lightweight/slower from busybox
+GZIP_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
 GZIP_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 GZIP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING