diff --git a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/boot.nix b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/boot.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..589ed49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/boot.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+}: let
+  cfg = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.bash.boot;
+
+  builders = config.aux.foundation.builders;
+
+  stage1 = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1;
+in {
+  options.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.bash.boot = {
+    package = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.package;
+      description = "The package to use for bash-boot.";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Description for the package.";
+        default.value = "GNU Bourne-Again Shell, the de facto standard shell on Linux";
+      };
+
+      homepage = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Homepage for the package.";
+        default.value = "https://www.gnu.org/software/bash";
+      };
+
+      license = lib.options.create {
+        # TODO: Add a proper type for licenses.
+        type = lib.types.attrs.any;
+        description = "License for the package.";
+        default.value = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      };
+
+      platforms = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.list.of lib.types.string;
+        description = "Platforms the package supports.";
+        default.value = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "i686-linux"];
+      };
+    };
+
+    version = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.string;
+      description = "Version of the package.";
+    };
+
+    src = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.package;
+      description = "Source for the package.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    aux.foundation.stages.stage1.bash.boot = {
+      version = "2.05b";
+
+      src = builtins.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/bash/bash-${cfg.version}.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "1r1z2qdw3rz668nxrzwa14vk2zcn00hw7mpjn384picck49d80xs";
+      };
+
+      package = let
+        # Thanks to the live-bootstrap project!
+        # See https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/blob/1bc4296091c51f53a5598050c8956d16e945b0f5/sysa/bash-2.05b/bash-2.05b.kaem
+        liveBootstrap = "https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/raw/1bc4296091c51f53a5598050c8956d16e945b0f5/sysa/bash-2.05b";
+
+        main_mk = builtins.fetchurl {
+          url = "${liveBootstrap}/mk/main.mk";
+          sha256 = "0hj29q3pq3370p18sxkpvv9flb7yvx2fs96xxlxqlwa8lkimd0j4";
+        };
+
+        common_mk = builtins.fetchurl {
+          url = "${liveBootstrap}/mk/common.mk";
+          sha256 = "09rigxxf85p2ybnq248sai1gdx95yykc8jmwi4yjx389zh09mcr8";
+        };
+
+        builtins_mk = builtins.fetchurl {
+          url = "${liveBootstrap}/mk/builtins.mk";
+          sha256 = "0939dy5by1xhfmsjj6w63nlgk509fjrhpb2crics3dpcv7prl8lj";
+        };
+
+        patches = [
+          # mes libc does not have locale support
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/mes-libc.patch";
+            sha256 = "0zksdjf6zbb3p4hqg6plq631y76hhhgab7kdvf7cnpk8bcykn12z";
+          })
+          # int name, namelen; is wrong for mes libc, it is char* name, so we modify tinycc
+          # to reflect this.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/tinycc.patch";
+            sha256 = "042d2kr4a8klazk1hlvphxr6frn4mr53k957aq3apf6lbvrjgcj2";
+          })
+          # add ifdef's for features we don't want
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/missing-defines.patch";
+            sha256 = "1q0k1kj5mrvjkqqly7ki5575a5b3hy1ywnmvhrln318yh67qnkj4";
+          })
+          # mes libc + setting locale = not worky
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/locale.patch";
+            sha256 = "1p1q1slhafsgj8x4k0dpn9h6ryq5fwfx7dicbbxhldbw7zvnnbx9";
+          })
+          # We do not have /dev at this stage of the bootstrap, including /dev/tty
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/dev-tty.patch";
+            sha256 = "1315slv5f7ziajqyxg4jlyanf1xwd06xw14y6pq7xpm3jzjk55j9";
+          })
+        ];
+      in
+        builders.kaem.build {
+          name = "bash-${cfg.version}";
+
+          meta = cfg.meta;
+          src = cfg.src;
+
+          deps.build.host = [
+            stage1.tinycc.mes.compiler.package
+            stage1.gnumake.package
+            stage1.gnupatch.package
+            stage1.coreutils.boot.package
+          ];
+
+          script = ''
+            # Unpack
+            ungz --file ${cfg.src} --output bash.tar
+            untar --file bash.tar
+            rm bash.tar
+            cd bash-${cfg.version}
+
+            # Patch
+            ${lib.strings.concatMapSep "\n" (file: "patch -Np0 -i ${file}") patches}
+
+            # Configure
+            cp ${main_mk} Makefile
+            cp ${builtins_mk} builtins/Makefile
+            cp ${common_mk} common.mk
+            touch config.h
+            touch include/version.h
+            touch include/pipesize.h
+
+            # Build
+            make \
+              CC="tcc -B ${stage1.tinycc.mes.libs.package}/lib" \
+              mkbuiltins
+            cd builtins
+            make \
+              CC="tcc -B ${stage1.tinycc.mes.libs.package}/lib" \
+              libbuiltins.a
+            cd ..
+            make CC="tcc -B ${stage1.tinycc.mes.libs.package}/lib"
+
+            # Install
+            install -D bash ''${out}/bin/bash
+            ln -s bash ''${out}/bin/sh
+          '';
+        };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/default.nix b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4759d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/bash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+}: let
+  cfg = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.bash;
+
+  builders = config.aux.foundation.builders;
+
+  stage1 = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1;
+in {
+  includes = [
+    ./boot.nix
+  ];
+
+  options.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.bash = {
+    meta = {
+      description = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Description for the package.";
+        default.value = "GNU Bourne-Again Shell, the de facto standard shell on Linux";
+      };
+
+      homepage = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Homepage for the package.";
+        default.value = "https://www.gnu.org/software/bash";
+      };
+
+      license = lib.options.create {
+        # TODO: Add a proper type for licenses.
+        type = lib.types.attrs.any;
+        description = "License for the package.";
+        default.value = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      };
+
+      platforms = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.list.of lib.types.string;
+        description = "Platforms the package supports.";
+        default.value = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "i686-linux"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/boot.nix b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/boot.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7792c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/boot.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+}: let
+  cfg = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.coreutils.boot;
+
+  builders = config.aux.foundation.builders;
+
+  stage1 = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1;
+in {
+  options.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.coreutils.boot = {
+    package = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.package;
+      description = "The package to use for coreutils-boot.";
+    };
+
+    version = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.string;
+      description = "Version of the package.";
+    };
+
+    src = lib.options.create {
+      type = lib.types.package;
+      description = "Source for the package.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = {
+    aux.foundation.stages.stage1.coreutils.boot = {
+      version = "5.0";
+
+      src = builtins.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-${cfg.version}.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "10wq6k66i8adr4k08p0xmg87ff4ypiazvwzlmi7myib27xgffz62";
+      };
+
+      package = let
+        # Thanks to the live-bootstrap project!
+        # See https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/blob/a8752029f60217a5c41c548b16f5cdd2a1a0e0db/sysa/coreutils-5.0/coreutils-5.0.kaem
+        liveBootstrap = "https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/raw/a8752029f60217a5c41c548b16f5cdd2a1a0e0db/sysa/coreutils-5.0";
+
+        makefile = builtins.fetchurl {
+          url = "${liveBootstrap}/mk/main.mk";
+          sha256 = "0njg4xccxfqrslrmlb8ls7h6hlnfmdx42nvxwmca8flvczwrplfd";
+        };
+
+        patches = [
+          # modechange.h uses functions defined in sys/stat.h, so we need to move it to
+          # after sys/stat.h include.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/modechange.patch";
+            sha256 = "04xa4a5w2syjs3xs6qhh8kdzqavxnrxpxwyhc3qqykpk699p3ms5";
+          })
+          # mbstate_t is a struct that is required. However, it is not defined by mes libc.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/mbstate.patch";
+            sha256 = "0rz3c0sflgxjv445xs87b83i7gmjpl2l78jzp6nm3khdbpcc53vy";
+          })
+          # strcoll() does not exist in mes libc, change it to strcmp.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/ls-strcmp.patch";
+            sha256 = "0lx8rz4sxq3bvncbbr6jf0kyn5bqwlfv9gxyafp0541dld6l55p6";
+          })
+          # getdate.c is pre-compiled from getdate.y
+          # At this point we don't have bison yet and in any case getdate.y does not
+          # compile when generated with modern bison.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/touch-getdate.patch";
+            sha256 = "1xd3z57lvkj7r8vs5n0hb9cxzlyp58pji7d335snajbxzwy144ma";
+          })
+          # touch: add -h to change symlink timestamps, where supported
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/touch-dereference.patch";
+            sha256 = "0wky5r3k028xwyf6g6ycwqxzc7cscgmbymncjg948vv4qxsxlfda";
+          })
+          # strcoll() does not exist in mes libc, change it to strcmp.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/expr-strcmp.patch";
+            sha256 = "19f31lfsm1iwqzvp2fyv97lmqg4730prfygz9zip58651jf739a9";
+          })
+          # strcoll() does not exist in mes libc, change it to strcmp.
+          # hard_LC_COLLATE is used but not declared when HAVE_SETLOCALE is unset.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/sort-locale.patch";
+            sha256 = "0bdch18mpyyxyl6gyqfs0wb4pap9flr11izqdyxccx1hhz0a2i6c";
+          })
+          # don't assume fopen cannot return stdin or stdout.
+          (builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "${liveBootstrap}/patches/uniq-fopen.patch";
+            sha256 = "0qs6shyxl9j4h34v5j5sgpxrr4gjfljd2hxzw416ghwc3xzv63fp";
+          })
+        ];
+      in
+        builders.kaem.build {
+          name = "coreutils-boot-${cfg.version}";
+
+          meta = stage1.coreutils.meta;
+
+          deps.build.host = [
+            stage1.tinycc.mes.compiler.package
+            stage1.gnumake.package
+            stage1.gnupatch.package
+          ];
+
+          script = ''
+            # Unpack
+            ungz --file ${cfg.src} --output coreutils.tar
+            untar --file coreutils.tar
+            rm coreutils.tar
+            cd coreutils-${cfg.version}
+
+            # Patch
+            ${lib.strings.concatMapSep "\n" (file: "patch -Np0 -i ${file}") patches}
+
+            # Configure
+            catm config.h
+            cp lib/fnmatch_.h lib/fnmatch.h
+            cp lib/ftw_.h lib/ftw.h
+            cp lib/search_.h lib/search.h
+            rm src/dircolors.h
+
+            # Build
+            make -f ${makefile} \
+              CC="tcc -B ${stage1.tinycc.mes.libs.package}/lib" \
+              PREFIX=''${out}
+
+            # Check
+            ./src/echo "Hello coreutils!"
+
+            # Install
+            ./src/mkdir -p ''${out}/bin
+            make -f ${makefile} install PREFIX=''${out}
+
+          '';
+        };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/default.nix b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590bfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+}: let
+  cfg = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.coreutils;
+
+  builders = config.aux.foundation.builders;
+
+  stage1 = config.aux.foundation.stages.stage1;
+in {
+  includes = [
+    ./boot.nix
+  ];
+
+  options.aux.foundation.stages.stage1.coreutils = {
+    meta = {
+      description = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Description for the package.";
+        default.value = "The GNU Core Utilities.";
+      };
+
+      homepage = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.string;
+        description = "Homepage for the package.";
+        default.value = "https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils";
+      };
+
+      license = lib.options.create {
+        # TODO: Add a proper type for licenses.
+        type = lib.types.attrs.any;
+        description = "License for the package.";
+        default.value = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      };
+
+      platforms = lib.options.create {
+        type = lib.types.list.of lib.types.string;
+        description = "Platforms the package supports.";
+        default.value = ["x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "i686-linux"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/default.nix b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/default.nix
index b136e05..b97be73 100644
--- a/foundation/src/stages/stage1/default.nix
+++ b/foundation/src/stages/stage1/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ in {
     ./tinycc
     ./gnupatch
     ./gnumake
+    ./coreutils
+    ./bash
   ];
 
   config = {
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ in {
         stage1-tinycc-mes-libs = stage1.tinycc.mes.libs.package;
         stage1-gnupatch = stage1.gnupatch.package;
         stage1-gnumake = stage1.gnumake.package;
+        stage1-coreutils-boot = stage1.coreutils.boot.package;
+        stage1-bash-boot = stage1.bash.boot.package;
       };
 
       extras = {