diff --git a/scripts/Bootstrap/compile_pmodules.sh b/scripts/Bootstrap/compile_pmodules.sh
index 5de1ca8..54d92b3 100755
--- a/scripts/Bootstrap/compile_pmodules.sh
+++ b/scripts/Bootstrap/compile_pmodules.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ source "${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/Pmodules_version.conf"
 unset PMODULES_HOME
 source "/opt/psi/config/environment.bash"
 
-${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/gettext/build --bootstrap || { echo "compiling 'gettext' failed!"; exit 1; }
-${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/getopt/build --bootstrap  || { echo "compiling 'getopt' failed!"; exit 1; }
-${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/dialog/build --bootstrap  || { echo "compiling 'dialog' failed!"; exit 1; }
-${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/bash/build --bootstrap    || { echo "compiling 'bash' failed!"; exit 1; }
-${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/Tcl/build --bootstrap     || { echo "compiling 'Tcl' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/coreutils/build --bootstrap || { echo "compiling 'coreutils' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/gettext/build --bootstrap   || { echo "compiling 'gettext' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/getopt/build --bootstrap    || { echo "compiling 'getopt' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/dialog/build --bootstrap    || { echo "compiling 'dialog' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/bash/build --bootstrap      || { echo "compiling 'bash' failed!"; exit 1; }
+${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/Tcl/build --bootstrap       || { echo "compiling 'Tcl' failed!"; exit 1; }
 
 # we have to remove the init directory - otherwise the next build will fail...
 rm -rf "${PMODULES_HOME}/init"
diff --git a/scripts/Bootstrap/coreutils/build b/scripts/Bootstrap/coreutils/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..416a5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Bootstrap/coreutils/build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source "$(dirname $0)/../../../lib/libem.bash"
+
+function em.configure() {
+    "${MODULE_SRCDIR}"/configure \
+		      --prefix="${PREFIX}" \
+	|| exit 1
+}
+
+em.add_to_family 'Tools'
+em.make_all