diff --git a/target/rescue/build_stage2.sh b/target/rescue/build_stage2.sh
index 05260d4fb..30a477345 100644
--- a/target/rescue/build_stage2.sh
+++ b/target/rescue/build_stage2.sh
@@ -160,5 +160,5 @@ fi
 EOF
 chmod 755 etc/init.d/rcS etc/boot.d/[0-9][0-9]-*
 echo_status "Creating system.tar.bz2 archive."
-tar -cIf ../system.tar.bz2 * ; cd ..
+tar --use-compress-program=bzip2 -cf ../system.tar.bz2 * ; cd ..
 
diff --git a/target/rescue/config.in b/target/rescue/config.in
index 28acc0dad..684ea5fad 100644
--- a/target/rescue/config.in
+++ b/target/rescue/config.in
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ pkgfilter sed '
 / openssl /	{ p; d; };	/ openssh /	{ p; d; };
 / ntfsprogs /	{ p; d; };
 / gmp /		{ p; d; };
+/ lzo /		{ p; d; };
 
 # Select some packages explicitely (architectures)
 / bin86 /	{ p; d; };