diff --git a/build b/build
index 78d57ec54..6023c210b 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ if [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ]; then
   emulate sh -o err_exit -o no_unset
 fi
 
+export LC_ALL=C
+
 usage="$(command cat <<\END
 Usage: build [-m ARCH] [-c CPU] [-d CMD] [-i IMAGE] [-s] [-w]
 
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ if [ "$(narg $workdir)" != 1 -o -z "${workdir##*:*}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-appname=gitstatusd-"$gitstatus_kernel"-"$gitstatus_arch"
+appname=gitstatusd
 libgit2_tmp="$outdir"/deps/"$appname".libgit2.tmp
 
 cleanup() {
@@ -68,8 +70,16 @@ trap cleanup INT QUIT TERM ILL PIPE
 if [ -n "$gitstatus_install_tools" ]; then
   case "$gitstatus_kernel" in
     linux)
-      command apk update
-      command apk add binutils cmake gcc g++ git make musl-dev perl-utils
+      if command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        command apk update
+        command apk add binutils cmake gcc g++ git make musl-dev perl-utils
+      elif command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y binutils cmake gcc g++ make wget
+      else
+        >&2 echo "[error] -s is not supported on this system"
+        exit 1
+      fi
     ;;
     freebsd)
       command pkg install -y cmake gmake binutils gcc git perl5
@@ -110,8 +120,8 @@ cpus="$(command getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN 2>/dev/null)" ||
   cpus=8
 
 case "$gitstatus_cpu" in
-  ppc64le) archflag="-mcpu";;
-  *)       archflag="-march";;
+  powerpc64le) archflag="-mcpu";;
+  *)           archflag="-march";;
 esac
 
 cflags="$archflag=$gitstatus_cpu -fno-plt"
@@ -131,9 +141,7 @@ gitstatus_make=make
 
 case "$gitstatus_kernel" in
   linux)
-    if [ -n "$docker_cmd" ]; then
-      gitstatus_ldflags="$gitstatus_ldflags -static"
-    fi
+    gitstatus_ldflags="$gitstatus_ldflags -static"
     gitstatus_ldflags="$gitstatus_ldflags -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now"
     libgit2_cmake_flags="$libgit2_cmake_flags -DENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILDS=ON"
   ;;
@@ -446,9 +454,6 @@ case "$gitstatus_kernel" in
           ;;
         esac
       fi
-    elif [ -n "$gitstatus_install_tools" ]; then
-      >&2 echo '[error] -s without -d is not supported on linux'
-      exit 1
     fi
   ;;
   freebsd|netbsd|darwin)
diff --git a/build.info b/build.info
index 80dbc4527..cf180b0c4 100644
--- a/build.info
+++ b/build.info
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # read by ./Makefile. `gitstatusd --version` reports it back.
 #
 # This value is also read by shell bindings (indirectly, through
-# ./install) when gitstatusd is from ./usrbin.
-gitstatus_version="v1.0.0"
+# ./install) when using GITSTATUS_DAEMON or usrbin/gitstatusd.
+gitstatus_version="v1.2.0"
 
 # libgit2 is a build time dependency of gitstatusd. The values of
 # libgit2_version and libgit2_sha256 are read by ./build.
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ gitstatus_version="v1.0.0"
 #
 # If sha256 of ./deps/libgit2-${libgit2_version}.tar.gz doesn't match,
 # build gets aborted.
-libgit2_version="tag-005f77dca6dbe8788e55139fa1199fc94cc04f9a"
-libgit2_sha256="6af7c839640ed5474fef9761a80b5c24bcdd87abc771406e31d5c2bf27f48be5"
+libgit2_version="tag-d6c37a38587c9af2a9e63449fc8bf951dca0e854"
+libgit2_sha256="e3df79da60963f8711580dce53b1a7ed583bb534be9ebb95589e76346fa986be"
diff --git a/gitstatus.plugin.sh b/gitstatus.plugin.sh
index 1ecccb850..2fe322ef5 100644
--- a/gitstatus.plugin.sh
+++ b/gitstatus.plugin.sh
@@ -146,8 +146,18 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
 
           local sig=(TERM ILL PIPE)
 
+          if (( UID == EUID )); then
+            local home=~
+          else
+            local user
+            user="$(command id -un)"            || return
+            [[ "$user" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9_,.-]+$ ]] || return
+            eval "local home=~$user"
+            [[ -n "$home" ]]                    || return
+          fi
+
           if [[ -x "$_gitstatus_bash_daemon" ]]; then
-            "$_gitstatus_bash_daemon" \
+            HOME="$home" "$_gitstatus_bash_daemon" \
               -G "$_gitstatus_bash_version" "${daemon_args[@]}" <&"$fd_in" >&"$fd_out" &
             local pid=$!
             trap "trap - ${sig[*]}; kill $pid &>/dev/null" ${sig[@]}
@@ -176,7 +186,7 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
           [[ -n "$_gitstatus_bash_version" ]]      || return
           [[ "$_gitstatus_bash_downloaded" == 1 ]] || return
 
-          "$_gitstatus_bash_daemon" \
+          HOME="$home" "$_gitstatus_bash_daemon" \
             -G "$_gitstatus_bash_version" "${daemon_args[@]}" <&"$fd_in" >&"$fd_out" &
           local pid=$!
           trap "trap - ${sig[*]}; kill $pid &>/dev/null" ${sig[@]}
diff --git a/gitstatus.plugin.zsh b/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
index cc6662a7c..0df367244 100644
--- a/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
+++ b/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
@@ -406,8 +406,17 @@ function _gitstatus_daemon"${1:-}"() {
       [[ -n $_gitstatus_zsh_version ]]         || return
       [[ $_gitstatus_zsh_downloaded == [01] ]] || return
 
+      if (( UID == EUID )); then
+        local home=~
+      else
+        local user
+        user="$(command id -un)" || return
+        local home=${userdirs[$user]}
+        [[ -n $home ]] || return
+      fi
+
       if [[ -x $_gitstatus_zsh_daemon ]]; then
-        $_gitstatus_zsh_daemon -G $_gitstatus_zsh_version "${(@)args}" >&$pipe_fd
+        HOME=$home $_gitstatus_zsh_daemon -G $_gitstatus_zsh_version "${(@)args}" >&$pipe_fd
         local -i ret=$?
         [[ $ret == (0|129|130|131|137|141|143) ]] && return ret
       fi
@@ -426,7 +435,7 @@ function _gitstatus_daemon"${1:-}"() {
       [[ -n $_gitstatus_zsh_version ]]      || return
       [[ $_gitstatus_zsh_downloaded == 1 ]] || return
 
-      $_gitstatus_zsh_daemon -G $_gitstatus_zsh_version "${(@)args}" >&$pipe_fd
+      HOME=$home $_gitstatus_zsh_daemon -G $_gitstatus_zsh_version "${(@)args}" >&$pipe_fd
     } always {
       local -i ret=$?
       zf_rm -f -- $file_prefix.lock $file_prefix.fifo
diff --git a/install b/install
index c5b15d224..4303129bb 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -131,14 +131,8 @@ END
       >&2 echo "[gitstatus] error: GITSTATUS_DAEMON is not absolute path: $daemon"
       return 1
     fi
-    if [ -z "$daemon" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$daemon" && -e "$gitstatus_dir"/usrbin/gitstatusd ]; then
       daemon="$gitstatus_dir"/usrbin/gitstatusd
-      if [ ! -e "$daemon" ]; then
-        daemon="$daemon"-"$uname_s"-"$uname_m"
-        if [ ! -e "$daemon" ]; then
-          daemon=
-        fi
-      fi
     fi
     if [ -n "$daemon" ]; then
       local gitstatus_version= libgit2_version=
@@ -184,23 +178,13 @@ END
 
     if [ -z "$no_check" ]; then
       # Check if a suitable gitstatusd already exists.
-      local daemon="$cache_dir"/"$file"
-      if [ -e "$daemon" ]; then
-        [ $# = 0 ] || "$@" "$daemon" "$version" 0
-        return
+      local daemon="$gitstatus_dir"/usrbin/"$file"
+      if [ ! -e "$daemon" ]; then
+        daemon="$cache_dir"/"$file"
+        [ -e "$daemon" ] || daemon=
       fi
-      daemon="$daemon"-"$uname_s"-"$uname_m"
-      if [ -e "$daemon" ]; then
-        local gitstatus_version= libgit2_version=
-        if ! . "$gitstatus_dir"/build.info; then
-          >&2 echo "[gitstatus] internal error: failed to source build.info"
-          return 1
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$gitstatus_version" ]; then
-          >&2 echo "[gitstatus] internal error: empty gitstatus_version in build.info"
-          return 1
-        fi
-        [ $# = 0 ] || "$@" "$daemon" "$gitstatus_version" 0
+      if [ -n "$daemon" ]; then
+        [ $# = 0 ] || "$@" "$daemon" "$version" 0
         return
       fi
     fi
diff --git a/install.info b/install.info
index 35260b7f2..668f3e482 100644
--- a/install.info
+++ b/install.info
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="aarch64"; file="gitstatusd-${uname_
 uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="armv6l";  file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="051a9448d9cb4bb1d95e93cff51a6ab48a085465ec30eec40046977d4213feff";
 uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="armv7l";  file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="adaa47c8e8dec1e1e8686c3044ee0f45afda15deaa8388efcb4952747b66246e";
 uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="i686";    file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="c80355664e7361e11215e64b523ed75a3d39f72393fa2204fefa85eae0342a67";
+uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="ppc64le"; file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.2.0"; sha256="38a60b64f619d9db83747f1653b0b740380b1b2b9b414a0ff94815305cdd76bc";
 uname_s_glob="linux";          uname_m_glob="x86_64";  file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="e33867063f091d3c31ede9916fef079ff8cd6fdcc70d051914f962ab3b8f36fd";
 uname_s_glob="msys_nt-10.0";   uname_m_glob="i686";    file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="2cf6ff92a5c50e4181ceb402217162bebd5e52144eb52eacfef2f6d47d5c20d4";
 uname_s_glob="msys_nt-10.0";   uname_m_glob="x86_64";  file="gitstatusd-${uname_s}-${uname_m}";     version="v1.0.0"; sha256="960c3d9d90d7b96257a9746f7168faffdf9b5fbda464e354e7b14c42cc473f15";
diff --git a/mbuild b/mbuild
index cf4bc008f..7d98b1fb4 100755
--- a/mbuild
+++ b/mbuild
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ local -rA assets=(
   linux-armv6l           build-linux-armv7l
   linux-armv7l           build-linux-armv7l
   linux-i686             build-linux-x86_64
+  linux-ppc64le          build-linux-ppc64le
   linux-x86_64           build-linux-x86_64
 )
 
@@ -180,14 +181,15 @@ local build='
 function build-unix() {
   local intro flags=(-sw)
   case $2 in
-    darwin-*) intro='PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"';;
+    linux-ppc64le);;
     linux-*)  flags+=(-d docker);;
+    darwin-*) intro='PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"';;
   esac
   ssh $1 -- /bin/sh -uex <<<"
     $intro
     cd /tmp
     $build ${2##*-} ${(j: :)${(@q)flags}}"
-  scp $1:/tmp/gitstatus/usrbin/gitstatusd-$2 $binaries/
+  scp $1:/tmp/gitstatus/usrbin/gitstatusd $binaries/gitstatusd-$2
 }
 
 function build-windows() {
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ function build-windows() {
             while true; do
               IFS= read -u $fd -r line || return 0
               if [[ $line == *"warning: terminate MSYS2"* ]]; then
-                # At this point the machine is hosed. Rogue process with corrupted name
+                # At this point the machine is hosed. A rogue process with a corrupted name
                 # is eating all CPU. The top SSH connection won't terminate on its own.
                 ssh $1 powershell.exe <<<'Restart-Computer -Force' || true
                 sleep 30
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ function build-windows() {
     cd -- $tmp
     $build ${2##*-} ${(j: :)${(@q)flags}}
     exit"
-  scp $1:$c/tmp/gitstatus/usrbin/gitstatusd-$2 $binaries/
+  scp $1:$c/tmp/gitstatus/usrbin/gitstatusd $binaries/gitstatusd-$2
   chmod +x $binaries/gitstatusd-$2
 }
 
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ function build() (
   zsystem flock $locks/$machine
   build-${protocol[(k)$platform]} $machine $platform
   local tmp=gitstatusd-$platform.tmp.$$.tar.gz
-  ( cd -q -- $binaries; GZIP=-9 tar -czf $tmp gitstatusd-$platform )
+  ( cd -q -- $binaries; tar --owner=0 --group=0 -I 'gzip -9' -cf $tmp gitstatusd-$platform )
   mv -f -- $binaries/$tmp $binaries/gitstatusd-$platform.tar.gz
 )