diff --git a/prepare.sh b/prepare.sh
index 02a2747..bad0e5f 100755
--- a/prepare.sh
+++ b/prepare.sh
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ if [ ! -f portage/make.conf/10-crossdev.conf ]; then
         > "${O}"/portage/etc/portage/make.conf/10-crossdev.conf
 fi
 
-FEATURES="${FEATURES}" \
+FEATURES="${FEATURES} -preserve-libs -protect-owned" \
 PKGDIR="${PKGDIR}" \
-${target}-emerge -bk1nvj sys-libs/glibc
+emerge -bk1nvj \
+    --root=/usr/"${target}" --sysroot=/usr/"${target}" \
+    sys-libs/glibc
 
 FEATURES="${FEATURES}" \
 PKGDIR=$(portageq envvar PKGDIR) \