diff --git a/packages/gzip/build.sh b/packages/gzip/build.sh
index e17563bb1..995fa0524 100644
--- a/packages/gzip/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gzip/build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Standard GNU file compression utilities"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.9
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=ae506144fc198bd8f81f1f4ad19ce63d5a2d65e42333255977cf1dcf1479089a
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_path_GREP=grep"
diff --git a/packages/gzip/fix-gzexe.patch b/packages/gzip/fix-gzexe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07f71d105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gzip/fix-gzexe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+diff -uNr gzip-1.9/gzexe.in gzip-1.9.mod/gzexe.in
+--- gzip-1.9/gzexe.in	2018-01-07 07:05:21.000000000 +0200
++++ gzip-1.9.mod/gzexe.in	2018-03-05 18:34:06.258486200 +0200
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
+   esac
+ done
+ 
+-if test $# -eq 0; then
++if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+   printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: missing operand
+ Try \`$0 --help' for more information."
+   exit 1
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
+ 
+ tmp=
+ trap 'res=$?
+-  test -n "$tmp" && rm -f "$tmp"
++  [ -n "$tmp" ] && rm -f "$tmp"
+   (exit $res); exit $res
+ ' 0 1 2 3 5 10 13 15
+ 
+@@ -85,22 +85,22 @@
+   -*) file=./$i;;
+   *)  file=$i;;
+   esac
+-  if test ! -f "$file" || test ! -r "$file"; then
++  if [ ! -f "$file" ] || [ ! -r "$file" ]; then
+     res=$?
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $i is not a readable regular file"
+     continue
+   fi
+-  if test $decomp -eq 0; then
++  if [ $decomp -eq 0 ]; then
+     if sed -e 1d -e 2q "$file" | grep "^skip=[0-9][0-9]*$" >/dev/null; then
+       printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $i is already gzexe'd"
+       continue
+     fi
+   fi
+-  if test -u "$file"; then
++  if [ -u "$file" ]; then
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $i has setuid permission, unchanged"
+     continue
+   fi
+-  if test -g "$file"; then
++  if [ -g "$file" ]; then
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $i has setgid permission, unchanged"
+     continue
+   fi
+@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $i might depend on itself"; continue;;
+   esac
+ 
+-  dir=`dirname "$file"` || dir=$TMPDIR
+-  test -d "$dir" && test -w "$dir" && test -x "$dir" || dir=/tmp
+-  test -n "$tmp" && rm -f "$tmp"
+-  if test -z "$mktemp_status"; then
++  dir=$(dirname "$file") || dir=$TMPDIR
++  [ -d "$dir" ] && [ -w "$dir" ] && [ -x "$dir" ] || dir=@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp
++  [ -n "$tmp" ] && rm -f "$tmp"
++  if [ -z "$mktemp_status" ]; then
+     type mktemp >/dev/null 2>&1
+     mktemp_status=$?
+   fi
+@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
+     */) ;;
+     *) dir=$dir/;;
+   esac
+-  if test $mktemp_status -eq 0; then
+-    tmp=`mktemp "${dir}gzexeXXXXXXXXX"`
++  if [ $mktemp_status -eq 0 ]; then
++    tmp=$(mktemp "${dir}gzexeXXXXXXXXX")
+   else
+     tmp=${dir}gzexe$$
+   fi && { cp -p "$file" "$tmp" 2>/dev/null || cp "$file" "$tmp"; } || {
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: cannot copy $file"
+     continue
+   }
+-  if test -w "$tmp"; then
++  if [ -w "$tmp" ]; then
+     writable=1
+   else
+     writable=0
+@@ -142,32 +142,35 @@
+       continue
+     }
+   fi
+-  if test $decomp -eq 0; then
++  if [ $decomp -eq 0 ]; then
+     (cat <<'EOF' &&
+-#!/bin/sh
+-skip=44
++#!@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh
++skip=52
++set -e
++
++export PATH="@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin:@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/applets:${PATH}"
+ 
+ tab='	'
+ nl='
+ '
+ IFS=" $tab$nl"
+ 
+-umask=`umask`
++umask=$(umask)
+ umask 77
+ 
+ gztmpdir=
+ trap 'res=$?
+-  test -n "$gztmpdir" && rm -fr "$gztmpdir"
++  [ -n "$gztmpdir" ] && rm -rf "$gztmpdir"
+   (exit $res); exit $res
+ ' 0 1 2 3 5 10 13 15
+ 
+ case $TMPDIR in
+   / | /*/) ;;
+   /*) TMPDIR=$TMPDIR/;;
+-  *) TMPDIR=/tmp/;;
++  *) TMPDIR=@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/;;
+ esac
+ if type mktemp >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+-  gztmpdir=`mktemp -d "${TMPDIR}gztmpXXXXXXXXX"`
++  gztmpdir=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR}gztmpXXXXXXXXX")
+ else
+   gztmpdir=${TMPDIR}gztmp$$; mkdir $gztmpdir
+ fi || { (exit 127); exit 127; }
+@@ -176,15 +179,15 @@
+ case $0 in
+ -* | */*'
+ ') mkdir -p "$gztmp" && rm -r "$gztmp";;
+-*/*) gztmp=$gztmpdir/`basename "$0"`;;
++*/*) gztmp=$gztmpdir/$(basename "$0");;
+ esac || { (exit 127); exit 127; }
+ 
+-case `printf 'X\n' | tail -n +1 2>/dev/null` in
++case $(printf 'X\n' | tail -n +1 2>/dev/null) in
+ X) tail_n=-n;;
+ *) tail_n=;;
+ esac
+ if tail $tail_n +$skip <"$0" | gzip -cd > "$gztmp"; then
+-  umask $umask
++  umask "$umask"
+   chmod 700 "$gztmp"
+   (sleep 5; rm -fr "$gztmpdir") 2>/dev/null &
+   "$gztmp" ${1+"$@"}; res=$?
+@@ -201,13 +204,13 @@
+ 
+   else
+     # decompression
+-    skip=44
+-    skip_line=`sed -e 1d -e 2q "$file"`
++    skip=52
++    skip_line=$(sed -e 1d -e 2q "$file")
+     case $skip_line in
+     skip=[0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9][0-9])
+       eval "$skip_line";;
+     esac
+-    case `printf 'X\n' | tail -n +1 2>/dev/null` in
++    case $(printf 'X\n' | tail -n +1 2>/dev/null) in
+     X) tail_n=-n;;
+     *) tail_n=;;
+     esac
+@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@
+       continue
+     }
+   fi
+-  test $writable -eq 1 || chmod u-w "$tmp" || {
++  [ $writable -eq 1 ] || chmod u-w "$tmp" || {
+     res=$?
+     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $tmp: cannot chmod"
+     continue