diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index caad648a8f..df07a08850 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/$(COREUTILS_TARGET_BINARY): $(COREUTILS_DIR)/$(COREUTILS_BINARY)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/share/locale $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc
 
+#If both coreutils and busybox are selected, make certain coreutils
+#wins the fight over who gets to have their utils actually installed
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
+coreutils: uclibc busybox $(TARGET_DIR)/$(COREUTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
+else
 coreutils: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/$(COREUTILS_TARGET_BINARY)
+endif
 
 coreutils-clean:
 	$(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(COREUTILS_DIR) uninstall
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
index fd0b7240f1..8cdce96906 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ $(UTIL-LINUX_TARGET_BINARY): $(UTIL-LINUX_BINARY)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/share/locale $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/info \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/man $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc
 
+#If both util-linux and busybox are selected, make certain util-linux
+#wins the fight over who gets to have their utils actually installed
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
+util-linux: uclibc busybox $(UTIL-LINUX_TARGET_BINARY)
+else
 util-linux: uclibc $(UTIL-LINUX_TARGET_BINARY)
+endif
+
 
 util-linux-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(UTIL-LINUX_SOURCE)