diff --git a/scripts/update_musl_overlay b/scripts/update_musl_overlay
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+MUSLDIR="/release/trees/musl-auto"
+MUSLURI="https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/musl.git"
+
+if [ ! -d "${MUSLDIR}" ] ; then
+	echo musl directory not present yet or not a directory, fixing
+	rm -rf "${MUSLDIR}"
+	git clone "${MUSLURI}" "${MUSLDIR}"
+else
+	cd "${MUSLDIR}"
+	git pull
+fi