diff --git a/packages/libcap/libcap.mk b/packages/libcap/libcap.mk
index 500641a..92f6ee1 100644
--- a/packages/libcap/libcap.mk
+++ b/packages/libcap/libcap.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIBCAP_TAR = $(CACHE)/libcap-$(LIBCAP_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBCAP_URL = http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libc/libcap2/libcap2_$(LIBCAP_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 LIBCAP_SRCDIR = $(LIBCAP_BUILDDIR)/libcap-$(LIBCAP_VERSION)
 
-LIBCAP_LDOPTS = -L$(CURDIR)/$(LIBCAP_SRCDIR)/libcap
+LIBCAP_LDFLAGS = -L$(CURDIR)/$(LIBCAP_SRCDIR)/libcap
 LIBCAP_CFLAGS = -I$(CURDIR)/$(LIBCAP_SRCDIR)/libcap/include
 
 $(LIBCAP_TAR):
diff --git a/packages/lxc/lxc.mk b/packages/lxc/lxc.mk
index cfdcec1..5d37df2 100644
--- a/packages/lxc/lxc.mk
+++ b/packages/lxc/lxc.mk
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ lxc-source: $(LXC_BUILDDIR)/source
 $(LXC_BUILDDIR)/source: $(LXC_TAR)
 	mkdir -p $(LXC_BUILDDIR)
 	zcat $(LXC_TAR) | (cd $(LXC_BUILDDIR) && tar xf -)
+	cp packages/lxc/utmp.c $(LXC_SRCDIR)/src/lxc/
 	touch $@
 
 lxc-build: $(LXC_BUILDDIR)/built
 $(LXC_BUILDDIR)/built: $(LXC_BUILDDIR)/source libcap-build
 	cd $(LXC_SRCDIR) && CFLAGS="$(LIBCAP_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LIBCAP_LDFLAGS)" ./configure $(CONFIG_XCOMPILE_FLAGS)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(LXC_SRCDIR) LDFLAGS="-R /opt/lxc/lib"
+	LD_RUN_PATH=/opt/lxc/lib $(MAKE) -C $(LXC_SRCDIR)
 	touch $@
 
 lxc-install: lxc-build
diff --git a/packages/lxc/utmp.c b/packages/lxc/utmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b51ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lxc/utmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* Detecting runlevels from utmp is straight up bullshit, you.
+
+   1. runit doesn't have run levels
+   2. dbtl doesn't write utmp
+   3. even if it did, it doesn't have the glibc functions this code
+      wants
+*/
+int lxc_utmp_mainloop_add(struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr,
+			  struct lxc_handler *handler) {
+  return 0;
+}