diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 2f201b13ce..639366921f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $(obj)/linuxbios.stage2: $(obj)/stage0.init $(obj)/statictree.o
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c $(src)/lib/mem.c -o $(obj)/mem.o
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c $(src)/lib/malloc.c -o $(obj)/malloc.o
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c $(src)/lib/clog2.c -o $(obj)/clog2.o
-	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c -I$(src) $(src)/statictree.c -o $(obj)/statictree.o
+	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c -I$(src) $(obj)/statictree.c -o $(obj)/statictree.o
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(INITCFLAGS) -c mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/mainboard.c -o $(obj)/mainboard.o
 
 	# leave a .o with full symbols in it for debugging.
diff --git a/console/vtxprintf.c b/console/vtxprintf.c
index 9ffc1f21dc..6febaa0990 100644
--- a/console/vtxprintf.c
+++ b/console/vtxprintf.c
@@ -307,3 +307,23 @@ int vtxprintf(void (*tx_byte)(unsigned char byte), const char *fmt, va_list args
 	return count;
 }
 
+/* very gross simple thing that is non-reentrant. This should not matter though. */
+static unsigned char *ssp;
+static void stxbyte(unsigned char byte)
+{
+	*ssp++ = byte;
+}
+
+int sprintf(char *str, const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	ssp = (unsigned char *) str;
+	va_start(args, format);
+	i = vtxprintf(stxbyte, format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return i;
+
+}
diff --git a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/Makefile b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/Makefile
index 9f712bff72..70d9767772 100644
--- a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/Makefile
+++ b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $(obj)/linuxbios.vpd:
 # this is going to be the init ram code:
 #
 
-$(obj)/linuxbios.initram: $(obj)/stage0.init
+$(obj)/linuxbios.initram: $(obj)/stage0.o
 	$(Q)echo Building linuxbios.initram
 	#
 	# main
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(obj)/linuxbios.initram: $(obj)/stage0.init
 	#cd $(obj); $(Q)$(LD) -Ttext 0x00000000 -s --oformat binary initram.o console.o uart8250.o \
 	#	serial.o vtxprintf.o -o $(obj)/linuxbios.initram
 
-	$(Q)$(LD) -R stage0.o -Ttext 0x80000  $(obj)/initram.o \
+	$(Q)$(LD) -R $(obj)/stage0.o -Ttext 0x80000  $(obj)/initram.o \
 		-o $(obj)/linuxbios.initram.o
 
 	$(Q)objcopy -O binary $(obj)/linuxbios.initram.o $(obj)/linuxbios.initram