diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
index cfa4fdf7ac337..bc4accb43eaa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/7/llvm/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "python" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python3 ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python3 python3.pkgs.psutil ]
     ++ optional enableManpages python3.pkgs.sphinx;
 
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 libffi ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
index ac342086f6c51..b8b82a5929070 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # fix stale autom4te cache race condition:
     #  https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?110521
     ./2.71-fix-race.patch
+
+    ./uutils-mkdirp.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 perl ];
@@ -35,14 +37,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   # Make the Autotest test suite run in parallel.
-  preCheck =''
+  preCheck = ''
     export TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES"
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/";
     description = "Part of the GNU Build System";
-
     longDescription = ''
       GNU Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce
       shell scripts to automatically configure software source code
@@ -52,9 +53,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       file that lists the operating system features that the package
       can use, in the form of M4 macro calls.
     '';
-
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d2d966a8568d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/autoconf/uutils-mkdirp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
++++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
+@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@
+ 	   case `"$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" --version 2>&1` in #(
+ 	     'mkdir ('*'coreutils) '* | \
+ 	     'BusyBox '* | \
+-	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1*)
++	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1* | \
++		 'mkdir 0.0.'*)
+ 	       ac_cv_path_mkdir=$as_dir$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext
+ 	       break 3;;
+ 	   esac
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
index 2fb3196b1f4fc..6aaffdae50e6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
 , rustPlatform
 , cargo
-, sphinx
 , Security
 , libiconv
-, prefix ? "uutils-"
+, withDocs ? true
+, sphinx
+, withPrefix ? false
 , buildMulticallBinary ? true
 }:
 
+let
+  prefix = "uutils-";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "uutils-coreutils";
   version = "0.0.12";
@@ -18,16 +23,24 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "uutils";
     repo = "coreutils";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "01zwvadfd570vbsy52svp0vi5r2p873c33vn2h4mr7868myl6q9g";
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-N2CuMkhYFKsvshHXDVqe0itYuS+a9njathBjj3N/RGI=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # don't enforce the building of the man page
+    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile \
+      --replace 'install: build' 'install:'
+  '';
+
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
     inherit src;
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256:19li3gmb5dmrmiiiy9ihr1rl68lz14j2gsgqpjcsn52rkcy17dzh";
+    hash = "sha256-zuJAVxt3mfw5JBjaulyXNK0Q+geItPF7+JKMZhcT3TU=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook sphinx ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook ]
+    ++ lib.optional withDocs sphinx;
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security libiconv ];
 
@@ -36,12 +49,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
     "PROFILE=release"
     "INSTALLDIR_MAN=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man1"
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (prefix != null) [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ]
-  ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ];
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withPrefix [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ]
+  ++ lib.optionals buildMulticallBinary [ "MULTICALL=y" ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (!withDocs) [ "build-coreutils" "build-pkgs" ];
 
   # too many impure/platform-dependent tests
   doCheck = false;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    url = "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils.git";
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e15190d837dd..2762ccdcd640e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ with pkgs;
   gccStdenvNoLibs = mkStdenvNoLibs gccStdenv;
   clangStdenvNoLibs = mkStdenvNoLibs clangStdenv;
 
+  stdenvUutilsCoreutils = let
+    uutils-coreutils = pkgs.uutils-coreutils-minimal;
+    bintools = wrapBintoolsWith {
+      bintools = stdenv.cc.bintools.bintools;
+      coreutils = uutils-coreutils;
+    };
+  in stdenv.override {
+    cc = stdenv.cc.override {
+      coreutils = uutils-coreutils;
+      inherit bintools;
+    };
+
+    initialPath = (lib.remove coreutils stdenv.initialPath) ++ [ uutils-coreutils ];
+    allowedRequisites = lib.mapNullable (rs: (lib.remove [
+      bintools
+      bintools.expand-response-params
+      coreutils
+    ] rs) ++ [
+      bintools
+      bintools.expand-response-params
+      uutils-coreutils
+    ]) (stdenv.allowedRequisites or null);
+  };
+
   # For convenience, allow callers to get the path to Nixpkgs.
   path = config.path;
 
@@ -4408,9 +4432,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cpcfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/cpcfs { };
 
-  coreutils =  callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils { };
-  coreutils-full = coreutils.override { minimal = false; };
-  coreutils-prefixed = coreutils.override { withPrefix = true; singleBinary = false; };
+  # By declaring coreutils explicitly we can overwrite it globally without causing infinite loops
+  coreutils = if stdenv.hostPlatform.useUutilsCoreutils or false then uutils-coreutils else gnu-coreutils;
+  gnu-coreutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils { };
+  coreutils-full = gnu-coreutils.override { minimal = false; };
+  coreutils-prefixed = gnu-coreutils.override { withPrefix = true; singleBinary = false; };
 
   corkscrew = callPackage ../tools/networking/corkscrew { };
 
@@ -4965,6 +4991,10 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
 
+  uutils-coreutils-prefixed = pkgs.uutils-coreutils.override { withPrefix = true; };
+
+  uutils-coreutils-minimal = pkgs.uutils-coreutils.override { withDocs = false; };
+
   volctl = callPackage ../tools/audio/volctl { };
 
   volk = callPackage ../development/libraries/volk { };
@@ -5311,7 +5341,9 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
 
-  findutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/findutils { };
+  findutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/findutils {
+    coreutils = if stdenv.hostPlatform.useUutilsCoreutils or false then uutils-coreutils-minimal else gnu-coreutils;
+  };
 
   finger_bsd = callPackage ../tools/networking/bsd-finger { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
index 9d34ddb3685fb..7adc79fd8fae4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/stage.nix
@@ -179,6 +179,19 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+    pkgsUutils = if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux then nixpkgsFun {
+      overlays = [
+        (self': super': {
+          pkgsUutils = super';
+        })
+      ] ++ overlays;
+      # due to the increased size of the stdenv we need to cheat a bit
+      crossSystem = stdenv.hostPlatform // {
+        useUutilsCoreutils = true;
+        config = "${stdenv.hostPlatform.linuxArch}-pc-linux-gnu";
+      };
+    } else throw "Musl libc only supports Linux systems.";
+
     # All packages built with the Musl libc. This will override the
     # default GNU libc on Linux systems. Non-Linux systems are not
     # supported.