diff --git a/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template b/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
index e4ef5519624..f2eecce9ec7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/busybox-initramfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Build template for 'busybox-initramfs'.
 pkgname=busybox-initramfs
 version=1.16.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc=busybox-$version
 distfiles="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_makefile
@@ -25,5 +26,17 @@ Add_dependency run glibc
 
 pre_build()
 {
+	# It seems that gcc-4.5 generates a bad busybox binary,
+	# notably sed(1) segfaults on every command. Download a
+	# binary from busybox.net.
+	${XBPS_FETCH_CMD} \
+		http://www.busybox.net/downloads/binaries/${version}/busybox-x86_64
 	cp -f ${FILESDIR}/dotconfig ${wrksrc}/.config
 }
+
+post_install()
+{
+	mv ${wrksrc}/busybox-x86_64 \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
+	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/busybox-initramfs/bin/busybox
+}