diff --git a/main/abuild/APKBUILD b/main/abuild/APKBUILD
index ce32869ae54..212171fad2a 100644
--- a/main/abuild/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/abuild/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=abuild
 pkgver=3.11.6
 _ver=${pkgver%_git*}
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Script to build Alpine Packages"
 url="https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/abuild/"
 arch="all"
@@ -47,11 +47,27 @@ package() {
 		# binutils only supports it here
 		cat >>"$pkgdir"/usr/share/abuild/default.conf <<-EOF
 
-		export RUSTFLAGS="-Clink-arg=-Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
+		# binutils ld.bfd supports this on this architecture; default to it
+		export RUSTFLAGS="\$RUSTFLAGS -Clink-arg=-Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
 		export LDFLAGS="\$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
 		EOF
 	esac
 
+	case "$CARCH" in
+	x86*)
+		# https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/devel/%3C1628515011.zujvcn248v.none%40localhost%3E
+		# note that this is x86-exclusive. on other architectures, this is pretty much always bad
+		# https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/106380
+		cat >>"$pkgdir"/usr/share/abuild/default.conf <<-EOF
+
+		# -fno-plt has very slight improvements to general code size and speed on x86-only,
+		# for the common system dynamic linking case
+		export CFLAGS="\$CFLAGS -fno-plt"
+		export CXXFLAGS="\$CXXFLAGS -fno-plt"
+		EOF
+		;;
+	esac
+
 	install -d -m 775 -g abuild "$pkgdir"/var/cache/distfiles
 }
 
@@ -60,16 +76,14 @@ cpan() {
 	depends="perl perl-libwww perl-json perl-module-build perl-module-build-tiny
 		perl-lwp-protocol-https"
 
-	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin
-	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/apkbuild-cpan "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin/
+	amove usr/bin/apkbuild-cpan
 }
 
 gems() {
 	pkgdesc="APKBUILD dependency resolver for RubyGems"
 	depends="ruby ruby-augeas"
 
-	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin
-	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/apkbuild-gem-resolver "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin/
+	amove usr/bin/apkbuild-gem-resolver
 }
 
 pypi() {
@@ -77,8 +91,7 @@ pypi() {
 	depends="perl perl-libwww perl-json perl-module-build-tiny perl-lwp-protocol-https
 	perl-ipc-system-simple"
 
-	mkdir -p "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin
-	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/apkbuild-pypi "$subpkgdir"/usr/bin/
+	amove usr/bin/apkbuild-pypi
 }
 
 _rootbld() {