diff --git a/pkg/basefiles/basefiles.files b/pkg/basefiles/basefiles.files
index 25e4953..31e5418 100644
--- a/pkg/basefiles/basefiles.files
+++ b/pkg/basefiles/basefiles.files
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dir etc/profile.d 0755 0 0
 dir etc/skel 0755 0 0
 dir var/lib 0755 0 0
 dir lib/libexec 0755 0 0
+dir usr/root 0700 0 0
 slink etc/mtab 0777 0 0 /proc/self/mounts
 file etc/group 0644 0 0
 file etc/hostname 0644 0 0
diff --git a/pkg/bash/bash.desc b/pkg/bash/bash.desc
index cbe415a..027cb55 100644
--- a/pkg/bash/bash.desc
+++ b/pkg/bash/bash.desc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 name bash
-requires ncurses readline crt
+requires ncurses readline crt basefiles
diff --git a/pkg/bash/bash.files b/pkg/bash/bash.files
index a8c0c2b..1e0e157 100644
--- a/pkg/bash/bash.files
+++ b/pkg/bash/bash.files
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-dir bin 0755 0 0
-dir etc 0755 0 0
-dir etc/skel 0755 0 0
 file bin/bash 0755 0 0
 file etc/bashrc 0644 0 0
 file etc/profile 0644 0 0
 file etc/skel/.bashrc 0644 0 0
 file etc/skel/.bash_profile 0644 0 0
+file usr/root/.bashrc 0644 0 0
+file usr/root/.bash_profile 0644 0 0
 slink bin/sh 0777 0 0 bash
diff --git a/pkg/bash/build b/pkg/bash/build
index a364111..7a5f7d2 100755
--- a/pkg/bash/build
+++ b/pkg/bash/build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SRCDIR="bash-${VERSION}"
 TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.gz"
 URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/"
 SHA256SUM="b4a80f2ac66170b2913efbfb9f2594f1f76c7b1afd11f799e22035d63077fb4d"
-DEPENDS="ncurses-dev readline-dev crt-dev"
+DEPENDS="ncurses-dev readline-dev crt-dev basefiles"
 SUBPKG="bash bash-dev"
 
 prepare() {
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ build() {
 deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$PKGDEPLOYDIR" install
 
+	mkdir -p "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/usr"
 	cp -r "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/etc" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
+	cp -r "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/etc/skel" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/usr/root"
 	cp $SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/*.{files,desc} "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rootfs/build b/pkg/rootfs/build
index c8c7714..27cef77 100755
--- a/pkg/rootfs/build
+++ b/pkg/rootfs/build
@@ -5,18 +5,8 @@ build() {
 	pkg install -l -R "$REPODIR" -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET" \
 		    -F sqfs $DEPENDS | sort -u > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
 
-	# setup root home directory
-	cp -r "$TCDIR/$TARGET/etc/skel" "$TCDIR/$TARGET/usr/root"
-
-	echo "usr/root m 700 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
-
-	find "$TCDIR/$TARGET/usr/root" \
-	     -exec stat {} --printf="%n m %a 0 0\\n" \; | \
-	     sed 's#^$TCDIR/$TARGET/##g' | tail -n +2 >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
-
 	# move configuration to preserve directory
-	mkdir -pv "$TCDIR/$TARGET/cfg/preserve"
-	mkdir -pv "$TCDIR/$TARGET/cfg/overlay"
+	mkdir -pv "$TCDIR/$TARGET/cfg/preserve" "$TCDIR/$TARGET/cfg/overlay"
 
 	echo <<_EOF >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/pseudo"
 cfg m 755 0 0