diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index b33aba24988..8741c07d947 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=8.16
+version=8.17
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils"
 license="GPL-3"
-checksum=2a458fead15d9336f46bb4304cc3eaa6ed9407b9130e7ee2ec533909881d2067
+checksum=4e075a0d238072a5bd079046e1f024dc5e0d9133d43a39c73d0b86b0d1e2c5e5
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Add_dependency build libcap-devel
 
 post_install() {
 	# Most programs expect /usr/bin/env.
-	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	vmkdir usr/bin
 	cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin && ln -s ../../bin/env .
 }