diff --git a/home/shrc b/home/shrc
index e9b64bf..2703bdd 100644
--- a/home/shrc
+++ b/home/shrc
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ else
     ll() { ls -lAX --group-directories-first --color=force "$@" | less; }
 fi
 
+if ! has busybox && has busybox-static; then
+    busybox() { busybox-static "$@"; }
+fi
+
 gdp() { ### @- invoke `gd` to diff a commit from its parent. the commit defaults to "HEAD".
     local commit="${1:-HEAD}"
     [ $# -le 1 ] || { printf '%s: %s\n' gdp "too many arguments" >&2; return 64; }