diff --git a/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk b/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
index 6d5fedd05..035c57b78 100644
--- a/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/mk/gnu_build.mk
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(findstring arm, $(SPECS)), arm)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --host arm-none-eabi
-else
+endif
+ifeq ($(findstring arm_v8, $(SPECS)), arm_v8)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --host aarch64-none-elf
+endif
 ifeq ($(findstring x86, $(SPECS)), x86)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --host x86_64-pc-elf
 endif
-endif
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --srcdir=$(PKG_DIR)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --prefix /
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ LIBTOOLFLAGS = --preserve-dup-deps
 LIBGCC = $(shell $(CC) $(CC_MARCH) -print-libgcc-file-name)
 
 CPPFLAGS += -nostdinc $(INCLUDES)
-CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE=1
+CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -fPIC
 
 # flags to be used in both CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS
 COMMON_CFLAGS_CXXFLAGS += -ffunction-sections $(CC_OLEVEL) $(CC_MARCH)
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/coreutils/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/coreutils/target.inc
index bc84bc60e..dce0c5e13 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/coreutils/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/coreutils/target.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CONFIGURE_ARGS = --disable-acl --disable-largefile --disable-xattr \
                  --disable-libcap --disable-nls
 
+#
+# libstdbuf.so does not link on ARMv8
+#
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-no-install-program=stdbuf
+
 #
 # Prevent building stdbuf because this involves the linkage of a shared
 # libary, which is not supported by Noux, yet.