diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/x86_64/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/x86_64/default.nix
index ffd23a866039..d9b9b460db24 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/x86_64/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bootstrap/x86_64/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {
   bootstrapTools = {
-    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/stdenv-linux/x86_64/r16022/bootstrap-tools.cpio.bz2;
-    sha256 = "1hwmyd9x9lhmb1ckwap2lvf7wi34p1j23v5bw41drym4mfp97ynz";
+    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/stdenv-linux/x86_64/r23302/bootstrap-tools.cpio.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0w89kqhx47yl0jifp2vffp073pyrqha5f312kp971smi4h41drna";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
index 9a337de9b218..6d23e3812f95 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,49 @@ rec {
 
   #gccNoShared = wrapGCC ( gcc.gcc.override { enableShared = false; } );
 
+  busyboxStaticSh = busybox.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      CLEAR
+      CONFIG_STATIC y
+
+      CONFIG_ASH y
+      CONFIG_BASH_COMPAT y
+      CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS y
+      CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS y
+      CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD y
+      CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL y
+      CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO y
+      CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF y
+      CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST y
+    '';
+  };
+
+  busyboxStaticLn = busybox.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      CLEAR
+      CONFIG_STATIC y
+      CONFIG_LN y
+    '';
+  };
+
+  busyboxStaticMkdir = busybox.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      CLEAR
+      CONFIG_STATIC y
+      CONFIG_MKDIR y
+    '';
+  };
+
+  busyboxStaticCpio = busybox.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      CLEAR
+      CONFIG_STATIC y
+      CONFIG_CPIO y
+      CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O y
+      CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_P y
+    '';
+  };
+
   build = 
 
     stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -43,7 +86,7 @@ rec {
         ensureDir $out/bin $out/lib $out/libexec
 
         # Copy what we need of Glibc.
-        cp -d ${glibc}/lib/ld-*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${glibc}/lib/ld*.so* $out/lib
         cp -d ${glibc}/lib/libc*.so* $out/lib
         cp -d ${glibc}/lib/libc_nonshared.a $out/lib
         cp -d ${glibc}/lib/libm*.so* $out/lib
@@ -97,6 +140,7 @@ rec {
         rm -f $out/lib/gcc/*/*/include*/sound
         rm -rf $out/lib/gcc/*/*/include*/root
         rm -f $out/lib/gcc/*/*/include-fixed/asm
+        rm -rf $out/lib/gcc/*/*/plugin
         #rm -f $out/lib/gcc/*/*/*.a
         cp -rd ${gcc.gcc}/libexec/* $out/libexec
         mkdir $out/include
@@ -105,10 +149,13 @@ rec {
         rm -rf $out/include/c++/*/ext/pb_ds
         rm -rf $out/include/c++/*/ext/parallel
 
-        cp -d ${gmp}/lib/libgmp*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${gmpxx}/lib/libgmp*.so* $out/lib
         cp -d ${mpfr}/lib/libmpfr*.so* $out/lib
         cp -d ${ppl}/lib/libppl*.so* $out/lib
         cp -d ${cloogppl}/lib/libcloog*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${mpc}/lib/libmpc*.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${zlib}/lib/libz.so* $out/lib
+        cp -d ${libelf}/lib/libelf.so* $out/lib
         
         # Copy binutils.
         for i in as ld ar ranlib nm strip readelf objdump; do
@@ -137,10 +184,10 @@ rec {
         (cd $out/pack && (find | cpio -o -H newc)) | bzip2 > $out/on-server/bootstrap-tools.cpio.bz2
 
         mkdir $out/in-nixpkgs
-        cp ${klibc}/lib/klibc/bin.static/sh $out/in-nixpkgs
-        cp ${klibc}/lib/klibc/bin.static/cpio $out/in-nixpkgs
-        cp ${klibc}/lib/klibc/bin.static/mkdir $out/in-nixpkgs
-        cp ${klibc}/lib/klibc/bin.static/ln $out/in-nixpkgs
+        cp ${busyboxStaticSh}/bin/busybox $out/in-nixpkgs/sh
+        cp ${busyboxStaticCpio}/bin/busybox $out/in-nixpkgs/cpio
+        cp ${busyboxStaticMkdir}/bin/busybox $out/in-nixpkgs/mkdir
+        cp ${busyboxStaticLn}/bin/busybox $out/in-nixpkgs/ln
         cp ${curlStatic}/bin/curl $out/in-nixpkgs
         cp ${bzip2Static}/bin/bzip2 $out/in-nixpkgs
         chmod u+w $out/in-nixpkgs/*
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh
index b3f5dbb546db..422dc6dd5fef 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/unpack-bootstrap-tools.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ for i in $out/lib/librt* ; do
     fi
 done
 
-for i in $out/lib/libgmp* $out/lib/libppl* $out/lib/libcloog* $out/lib/libmpc*; do
+for i in $out/lib/libgmp* $out/lib/libppl* $out/lib/libcloog* $out/lib/libmpc* $out/lib/libpcre* $out/lib/libstdc++*.so.*[0-9]; do
     echo trying to patch $i
     if test -f $i -a ! -L $i; then
          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib $LD_BINARY \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index 33f11cdede57..57ce663080a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
-, zlibSupport ? false, zlib
-, sslSupport ? false, openssl
-, scpSupport ? false, libssh2
+, zlibSupport ? false, zlib ? null
+, sslSupport ? false, openssl ? null
+, scpSupport ? false, libssh2 ? null
 , linkStatic ? false
 }: