diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 32dca269cab6..09044f3684a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ let
     builder = ./make-bootstrap-tools.sh;
     
     inherit (pkgsDiet)
-      coreutils findutils diffutils gnugrep
-      gzip bzip2 gnumake bash patch binutils;
+      gnugrep gzip bzip2 gnumake bash patch binutils;
       
     gnused = pkgsDiet.gnused412; # 4.1.5 gives "Memory exhausted" errors
 
     # patchelf is C++, won't work with dietlibc.
     inherit (pkgsStatic) patchelf;
 
+    # Coreutils won't build on dietlibc on x86_64 (and by extension,
+    # findutils and diffutils).
+    inherit (if pkgs.stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then pkgsStatic else pkgsDiet)
+      coreutils findutils diffutils;
+
     gnutar =
       # Tar seems to be broken on dietlibc on x86_64.
       if pkgs.stdenv.system == "i686-linux"
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
index 838c507d575a..aa5395454890 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ cp $coreutils/bin/cp $out/in-nixpkgs
 cp $gnutar/bin/tar $out/in-nixpkgs
 nukeRefs $out/in-nixpkgs/tar
 
+if test "$system" = "powerpc-linux"; then
+    nukeRefs $out/in-nixpkgs/cp
+fi
+
 
 # Create the tools tarball.
 mkdir tools
@@ -58,6 +62,12 @@ nukeRefs tools/bin/grep
 nukeRefs tools/bin/patchelf
 nukeRefs tools/bin/make
 
+if test "$system" = "powerpc-linux"; then
+    for i in tools/bin/*; do
+	nukeRefs $i
+    done
+fi
+
 
 # Create the binutils tarball.
 mkdir binutils