diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
index f3a711f2..4157ade9 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
+++ b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # need this here because of stage1
+app-alternatives/bzip2 reference
 app-alternatives/cpio gnu
 app-alternatives/sh bash
 app-alternatives/tar gnu
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives b/releases/portage/stages/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
index f3a711f2..4157ade9 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
+++ b/releases/portage/stages/profile/package.use.force/releng/alternatives
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # need this here because of stage1
+app-alternatives/bzip2 reference
 app-alternatives/cpio gnu
 app-alternatives/sh bash
 app-alternatives/tar gnu