diff --git a/ape/ape.lds b/ape/ape.lds
index 4d8695d37..3a72d8170 100644
--- a/ape/ape.lds
+++ b/ape/ape.lds
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 /*END:   file content */
 /*BEGIN: bss memory that's addressable */
 
-  .bss ALIGN(__SIZEOF_POINTER__) : {
+  .bss ALIGN(64) : {
     KEEP(*(SORT_BY_NAME(.piro.bss.init.*)))
     *(.piro.bss)
     KEEP(*(SORT_BY_NAME(.piro.bss.sort.*)))
diff --git a/libc/nexgen32e/mcount.S b/libc/nexgen32e/mcount.S
index 5d0653eeb..3f5872622 100644
--- a/libc/nexgen32e/mcount.S
+++ b/libc/nexgen32e/mcount.S
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 //	cc -pg adds this to the start of global functions.
 mcount:	ret
 	.endfn	mcount,weak
+	.alias	mcount,.mcount		# freebsd weirdness?
diff --git a/test/libc/rand/getrandom_test.c b/test/libc/rand/getrandom_test.c
index b79f39966..b6e83adb5 100644
--- a/test/libc/rand/getrandom_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/rand/getrandom_test.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/log/check.h"
 #include "libc/math.h"
+#include "libc/nexgen32e/x86feature.h"
 #include "libc/rand/lcg.internal.h"
 #include "libc/rand/rand.h"
 #include "libc/stdio/stdio.h"
@@ -175,7 +176,11 @@ uint64_t GetRandomNoRdrrnd(void) {
 
 uint64_t GetRandomNoSystem(void) {
   uint64_t x;
-  ASSERT_EQ(8, getrandom(&x, 8, GRND_NOSYSTEM));
+  if (X86_HAVE(RDRND) || X86_HAVE(RDSEED)) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(8, getrandom(&x, 8, GRND_NOSYSTEM));
+  } else {
+    ASSERT_EQ(8, getrandom(&x, 8, 0));
+  }
   return x;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/libc/release/lld.sh b/test/libc/release/lld.sh
index 5cac90ee5..28a43faa3 100755
--- a/test/libc/release/lld.sh
+++ b/test/libc/release/lld.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if CLANG=$(command -v clang); then
       -fno-pie                                        \
       -nostdlib                                       \
       -nostdinc                                       \
+      -fuse-ld=lld                                    \
       -mno-red-zone                                   \
       -Wl,-T,o/$MODE/ape/ape.lds                      \
       -include o/cosmopolitan.h                       \