diff --git a/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf b/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
index cd26a8653..27f1fc4ab 100644
--- a/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
+++ b/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ coreutils_postmake() {
 	done
 	rm -f $root/usr/bin/ginstall
 	ln -s install $root/usr/bin/ginstall
+
+	echo '#!/usr/bin/perl' > $root/usr/bin/shuffle
+	echo '$_{rand()." ".$_}=1 while(<>);foreach(keys%_){s/^\S+ //;print;}' >> $root/usr/bin/shuffle
+	chmod +x $root/usr/bin/shuffle
 }
 
 if [ $stagelevel -ge 3 -a -f $root/var/adm/flists/acl ]; then