diff --git a/recipes/core/profiled/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/profiled/recipe.toml
index 1876ca359..18dc3cfc1 100644
--- a/recipes/core/profiled/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/profiled/recipe.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/profiled.git"
 
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+# Must be statically linked
+cookbook_cargo
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/core/redoxfs/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/redoxfs/recipe.toml
index 31fdb491e..c6609e329 100644
--- a/recipes/core/redoxfs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/redoxfs/recipe.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redoxfs.git"
 
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+# Must be statically linked
+cookbook_cargo
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/demos/exampled/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/exampled/recipe.toml
index e35bc734d..a25312cb4 100644
--- a/recipes/demos/exampled/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/demos/exampled/recipe.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/exampled.git"
 
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+# Must be statically linked
+cookbook_cargo
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/libs/redox-fatfs/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/redox-fatfs/recipe.toml
index 462ccfaa8..0052d19cd 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/redox-fatfs/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/redox-fatfs/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox-fatfs.git"
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+# Must be statically linked
+cookbook_cargo
+"""
diff --git a/src/cook/cook_build.rs b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
index 603e49f9b..acd349e44 100644
--- a/src/cook/cook_build.rs
+++ b/src/cook/cook_build.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ pub fn build(
                 cargoflags,
             } => {
                 format!(
-                    "PACKAGE_PATH={} cookbook_cargo {cargoflags}",
+                    "DYNAMIC_INIT\nPACKAGE_PATH={} cookbook_cargo {cargoflags}",
                     package_path.as_deref().unwrap_or(".")
                 )
             }