diff --git a/packages/autoconf/build.sh b/packages/autoconf/build.sh
index dbf38727b..b4eb3b56e 100644
--- a/packages/autoconf/build.sh
+++ b/packages/autoconf/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-${TERMUX_PKG_
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=f14c83cfebcc9427f2c3cea7258bd90df972d92eb26752da4ddad81c87a0faa4
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="m4, make, perl"
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_post_get_source() {
 	perl -p -i -e "s|/bin/sh|$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh|" lib/*/*.m4
diff --git a/packages/automake/build.sh b/packages/automake/build.sh
index 4c6863757..c2fe268ff 100644
--- a/packages/automake/build.sh
+++ b/packages/automake/build.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/automake/automake-${TERMUX_PKG_
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=80facc09885a57e6d49d06972c0ae1089c5fa8f4d4c7cfe5baea58e5085f136d
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="autoconf"
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
diff --git a/packages/binutils/build.sh b/packages/binutils/build.sh
index 7e316b606..edd57a8e1 100644
--- a/packages/binutils/build.sh
+++ b/packages/binutils/build.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--enable-gold --enable-plugins --disable-werror
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS="tooldir=$TERMUX_PREFIX"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="share/man/man1/windmc.1 share/man/man1/windres.1 bin/ld.bfd"
 TERMUX_PKG_NO_STATICSPLIT=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 # Avoid linking against libfl.so from flex if available:
 export LEXLIB=
diff --git a/packages/bison/build.sh b/packages/bison/build.sh
index d725ee09b..b92be540c 100644
--- a/packages/bison/build.sh
+++ b/packages/bison/build.sh
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ ac_cv_header_spawn_h=no
 "
 
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="share/info/dir"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
diff --git a/packages/file/build.sh b/packages/file/build.sh
index 8f2a0c96c..6958e1dd2 100644
--- a/packages/file/build.sh
+++ b/packages/file/build.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="file-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped=yes"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS="FILE_COMPILE=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/src/file"
 TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
diff --git a/packages/findutils/build.sh b/packages/findutils/build.sh
index 568036695..ef3f94c3d 100644
--- a/packages/findutils/build.sh
+++ b/packages/findutils/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-${TERMUX_PK
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=57127b7e97d91282c6ace556378d5455a9509898297e46e10443016ea1387164
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 gl_cv_func_fflush_stdin=yes
diff --git a/packages/flex/build.sh b/packages/flex/build.sh
index c7d3bedf0..5d79b0356 100644
--- a/packages/flex/build.sh
+++ b/packages/flex/build.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+="ac_cv_path_M4=$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/m4"
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="flex-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="flex-dev"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 # Work around https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/241 when building
 # under ubuntu 17.10:
diff --git a/packages/gawk/build.sh b/packages/gawk/build.sh
index 5a44e2e86..eb1f8742c 100644
--- a/packages/gawk/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gawk/build.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="gawk-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="gawk-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/gawk-* bin/igawk share/man/man1/igawk.1"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# Certain packages are not safe to build on device because their
diff --git a/packages/gettext/build.sh b/packages/gettext/build.sh
index cd0062665..81c272400 100644
--- a/packages/gettext/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gettext/build.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="gettext-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="gettext-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-openmp"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf
diff --git a/packages/grep/build.sh b/packages/grep/build.sh
index 76e6387cc..23384bfd0 100644
--- a/packages/grep/build.sh
+++ b/packages/grep/build.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/grep/grep-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5c10da312460aec721984d5d83246d24520ec438dd48d7ab5a05dbc0d6d6823c
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, pcre"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
diff --git a/packages/gzip/build.sh b/packages/gzip/build.sh
index 494f321da..17cdd67cb 100644
--- a/packages/gzip/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gzip/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=9b9a95d68fdcb936849a4d6fada8bf8686cddf58b9b26c9c4289ed0c92a77907
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_path_GREP=grep"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = i686 ]; then
diff --git a/packages/libllvm/build.sh b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
index cb8743ea0..c690dcfd2 100644
--- a/packages/libllvm/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="binutils, libc++, ncurses, ndk-sysroot, libffi, zlib, libxml
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="gcc, clang (<< 3.9.1-3)"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="libclang, libclang-dev, libllvm-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="gcc, libclang, libclang-dev, libllvm-dev"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 # See http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python3)
diff --git a/packages/libtool/build.sh b/packages/libtool/build.sh
index a73f706c6..9d01eba39 100644
--- a/packages/libtool/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libtool/build.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="bash, grep, sed, libltdl"
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="libtool-dev, libtool-static"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="libtool-dev, libtool-static"
 TERMUX_PKG_NO_STATICSPLIT=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {
 	perl -p -i -e "s|\"/bin/|\"$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/|" $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/{libtool,libtoolize}
diff --git a/packages/m4/build.sh b/packages/m4/build.sh
index d42db51bc..0f72d2a4a 100644
--- a/packages/m4/build.sh
+++ b/packages/m4/build.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.4.19
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/m4/m4-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=63aede5c6d33b6d9b13511cd0be2cac046f2e70fd0a07aa9573a04a82783af96
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 ac_cv_header_spawn_h=no
 "
diff --git a/packages/make/build.sh b/packages/make/build.sh
index 825ff8dcb..925979af3 100644
--- a/packages/make/build.sh
+++ b/packages/make/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/make/make-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=e05fdde47c5f7ca45cb697e973894ff4f5d79e13b750ed57d7b66d8defc78e19
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="make-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="make-dev"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 # Prevent linking against libelf:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_lib_elf_elf_begin=no"
 
diff --git a/packages/patch/build.sh b/packages/patch/build.sh
index 075bf4811..22674c8d5 100644
--- a/packages/patch/build.sh
+++ b/packages/patch/build.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=3
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/patch/patch-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=ac610bda97abe0d9f6b7c963255a11dcb196c25e337c61f94e4778d632f1d8fd
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-xattr ac_cv_path_ED=$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/ed"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
diff --git a/packages/pkg-config/build.sh b/packages/pkg-config/build.sh
index d351304b4..e430d7180 100644
--- a/packages/pkg-config/build.sh
+++ b/packages/pkg-config/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-${TERMUX
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6fc69c01688c9458a57eb9a1664c9aba372ccda420a02bf4429fe610e7e7d591
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="glib"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/*-pkg-config"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	# Certain packages are not safe to build on device because their
diff --git a/packages/sed/build.sh b/packages/sed/build.sh
index 3140e7705..b291ac67d 100644
--- a/packages/sed/build.sh
+++ b/packages/sed/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/sed/sed-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.t
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=f79b0cfea71b37a8eeec8490db6c5f7ae7719c35587f21edb0617f370eeff633
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	CFLAGS+=" -D__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL=2"
diff --git a/packages/texinfo/build.sh b/packages/texinfo/build.sh
index 5b6f91ec9..ce9af8711 100644
--- a/packages/texinfo/build.sh
+++ b/packages/texinfo/build.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8eb753ed28bca21f8f56c1a180362aed789229bd62fff58bf8368e9beb59fe
 # gawk is used by texindex:
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv, ncurses, perl, gawk"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-perl-xs"
+TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"