diff --git a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
index cafc73670b09a4aab2b28422434b47f1265073f8..7608b9d2e84a9825db11b4a046f3c737c010078e 100644
--- a/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/userutils/recipe.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/userutils.git
 
 function recipe_stage {
     cp -Rv res "$1/etc"
+    mkdir -p "$1/bin"
+    ln -s id "$1/bin/whoami"
 }