diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index 49ad859..55f8e6b 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	bbox_prepare_main();
+	bbox_prepare_main(argv);
 
 #if !BB_MMU
 	/* NOMMU re-exec trick sets high-order bit in first byte of name */
diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index 3ab90d5..1ab51cf 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
 /* Defined in appletlib.c */
 extern const struct bb_applet applets[];
 extern const unsigned short NUM_APPLETS;
-void bbox_prepare_main(void);
+void bbox_prepare_main(char **argv);
 
 #endif	/* _BB_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/scripts/trylink b/scripts/trylink
index e756461..d6538f1 100755
--- a/scripts/trylink
+++ b/scripts/trylink
@@ -155,20 +155,17 @@
     | grep -v "^#" \
     | grep -v "^$" \
     > applet.lst
-    while read name main cname; do
-
-	test x"$cname" = "x[" && cname=test
-	test x"$cname" = "x[[" && cname=test
+    while read name main junk; do
 
 	echo "\
-void bbox_prepare_main(void);
+void bbox_prepare_main(char **argv);
 int $main(int argc, char **argv);
 
 const char *applet_name = \"$name\";
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	bbox_prepare_main();
+	bbox_prepare_main(argv);
 	return $main(argc, argv);
 }
 " >"$sharedlib_dir/applet.c"