diff --git a/core/busybox/build b/core/busybox/build
index 53e48723..287faf95 100755
--- a/core/busybox/build
+++ b/core/busybox/build
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ make CC="${CC:-cc}" HOSTCC="${CC:-cc}"
 make CONFIG_PREFIX="$1/usr" install
 
 # Aptly name the busybox binaries.
-mv "$1/usr/bin/busybox"        "$1/usr/bin/busybox-suid"
-mv "$1/usr/bin/busybox-nosuid" "$1/usr/bin/busybox"
+mv -f "$1/usr/bin/busybox"        "$1/usr/bin/busybox-suid"
+mv -f "$1/usr/bin/busybox-nosuid" "$1/usr/bin/busybox"
 
 # Install the non-suid symlinks.
 "$1/usr/bin/busybox" --list | while read -r bin; do
diff --git a/core/busybox/checksums b/core/busybox/checksums
index 653e29c9..12d9766c 100644
--- a/core/busybox/checksums
+++ b/core/busybox/checksums
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ d0f940a72f648943c1f2211e0e3117387c31d765137d92bd8284a3fb9752a998  busybox-1.31.1
 8d84b1719dca2a751c09072c20cd782a3c47f119a68d35316f89d851daf67b88  fsck-resolve-uuid.patch
 0f54301a73af461e8066bc805b48d991cfed513d08a2f036e015b19f97cb424a  modprobe-kernel-version.patch
 68e0c7d5e96902d3b890e89d9b018ae11d53ed3104bfedd624a1485df58b11cb  print-unicode.patch
+f0e17fefc0af6b10205d72b242b6ef7481a58ff07726c62890ebc5893b96a396  install-fix-chown.patch
 05be5fde1da4b94bea5b2e6f5813873acd558c75508f9a772a71061f3c0d6a6f  .config
 b4479adaabffb1fe9af7db676929e8f5f6bbc47869c5309a19056aa66196fbce  .config-suid
 76978b2b69361d47b3bb314a8a320ca274b2af7339c571be1a19f0e1d8c4da6a  acpid.run
diff --git a/core/busybox/patches/install-fix-chown.patch b/core/busybox/patches/install-fix-chown.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31ecd3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/busybox/patches/install-fix-chown.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+chown must precede chmod because on some systems,
+chown clears the set[ug]id bits for non-superusers,
+resulting in incorrect permissions.
+diff --git a/coreutils/install.c b/coreutils/install.c
+index 8270490..0256aeb 100644
+--- a/coreutils/install.c
++++ b/coreutils/install.c
+@@ -244,6 +244,14 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 
++		/* Set the user and group id */
++		if ((opts & (OPT_OWNER|OPT_GROUP))
++		 && lchown(dest, uid, gid) == -1
++		) {
++			bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "ownership", dest);
++			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
++		}
++
+ 		/* Set the file mode (always, not only with -m).
+ 		 * GNU coreutils 6.10 is not affected by umask. */
+ 		if (chmod(dest, mode) == -1) {
+@@ -254,13 +262,6 @@ int install_main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 		if (use_default_selinux_context)
+ 			setdefaultfilecon(dest);
+ #endif
+-		/* Set the user and group id */
+-		if ((opts & (OPT_OWNER|OPT_GROUP))
+-		 && lchown(dest, uid, gid) == -1
+-		) {
+-			bb_perror_msg("can't change %s of %s", "ownership", dest);
+-			ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+-		}
+  next:
+ 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP && isdir)
+ 			free(dest);
diff --git a/core/busybox/sources b/core/busybox/sources
index af89866e..87ce97ef 100644
--- a/core/busybox/sources
+++ b/core/busybox/sources
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ patches/adduser-no-setgid.patch
 patches/fsck-resolve-uuid.patch
 patches/modprobe-kernel-version.patch
 patches/print-unicode.patch
+patches/install-fix-chown.patch
 files/.config
 files/.config-suid
 files/acpid.run
diff --git a/core/busybox/version b/core/busybox/version
index 01aa66f1..0e7e342e 100644
--- a/core/busybox/version
+++ b/core/busybox/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.31.1 6
+1.31.1 7