diff --git a/core/bzip2/build b/core/bzip2/build
index ac1055b2..1759aae2 100755
--- a/core/bzip2/build
+++ b/core/bzip2/build
@@ -1,20 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 make CC="${CC:-cc} $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" -f Makefile-libbz2_so
-make CC="${CC:-cc} $CFLAGS -fPIC $LDFLAGS" bzip2recover libbz2.a
+make CC="${CC:-cc} $CFLAGS -static -fPIC $LDFLAGS" bzip2
 
-for bin in bzip2-shared bzdiff bzgrep bzip2recover bzmore; do
-    install -Dm755 "$bin" "$1/usr/bin/${bin%%-shared}"
-done
+mkdir -p \
+    "$1/usr/bin" \
+    "$1/usr/lib" \
+    "$1/usr/share/man/man1" \
+    "$1/usr/include"
 
-install -Dm755 libbz2.so.1.0.8 "$1/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0.8"
-install -Dm644 libbz2.a        "$1/usr/lib/libbz2.a"
-install -Dm644 bzip2.1         "$1/usr/share/man/man1/bzip2.1"
-install -Dm644 bzlib.h         "$1/usr/include/bzlib.h"
+cp -f \
+    bzip2 \
+    bzdiff \
+    bzgrep \
+    bzmore \
+    "$1/usr/bin"
 
-for lib in libbz2.so libbz2.so.1 libbz2.so.1.0; do
-    ln -sf libbz2.so.1.0.8 "$1/usr/lib/$lib"
-done
+cp -f \
+    libbz2.so.1.0.8 \
+    libbz2.a \
+    "$1/usr/lib"
 
+cp -f bzip2.1 "$1/usr/share/man/man1"
+cp -f bzlib.h "$1/usr/include"
+
+ln -sf libbz2.so.1.0.8 "$1/usr/lib/libbz2.so"
+ln -sf libbz2.so.1.0.8 "$1/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1"
+ln -sf libbz2.so.1.0.8 "$1/usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0"
 ln -sf bzip2 "$1/usr/bin/bunzip2"
 ln -sf bzip2 "$1/usr/bin/bzcat"