diff --git a/LFS/lfs.xsl b/LFS/lfs.xsl
index 3303288..1fbf968 100644
--- a/LFS/lfs.xsl
+++ b/LFS/lfs.xsl
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ exit
                        select="substring-before(string(),'2>&1')"/>
                     <xsl:text>&gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 || true&#xA;</xsl:text>
                   </xsl:when>
+                  <!-- special case for procps-ng -->
+                  <xsl:when test="contains(string(), 'pushd')">
+                    <xsl:text>{ </xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+                    <xsl:text>; } &gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 || true&#xA;</xsl:text>
+                  </xsl:when>
                   <xsl:when test="contains(string(), 'make -k')">
                     <xsl:apply-templates/>
                     <xsl:text> &gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 || true&#xA;</xsl:text>
@@ -343,11 +349,18 @@ exit
                        select="substring-before(string(),'2&gt;&amp;1')"/>
                     <xsl:text>&gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 || true&#xA;</xsl:text>
                   </xsl:when>
+                  <!-- special case for gmp -->
                   <xsl:when test="contains(string(), 'tee gmp-check-log')">
                     <xsl:text>(</xsl:text>
                     <xsl:apply-templates/>
                     <xsl:text>&gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;&amp; exit $PIPESTATUS)&#xA;</xsl:text>
                   </xsl:when>
+                  <!-- special case for procps-ng -->
+                  <xsl:when test="contains(string(), 'pushd')">
+                    <xsl:text>{ </xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+                    <xsl:text>; } &gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1&#xA;</xsl:text>
+                  </xsl:when>
 		  <xsl:when test="contains(string(), 'make -k')">
 		    <xsl:apply-templates/>
 		    <xsl:text> &gt;&gt; $TEST_LOG 2&gt;&amp;1 || true&#xA;</xsl:text>
diff --git a/common/libs/func_check_version.sh b/common/libs/func_check_version.sh
index fc26ec8..9721434 100644
--- a/common/libs/func_check_version.sh
+++ b/common/libs/func_check_version.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ check_prerequisites() {      #
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  # Check for minimum wget version
+  WGET_LOC="$(whereis -b wget | cut -d" " -f2)"
+  if [ -x $WGET_LOC ]; then
+    wgetVer="$(wget --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f3)"
+    check_version "1.0.0"  "${wgetVer}"      "WGET"
+  else
+    echo "${nl_}\"${RED}wget${OFF}\" ${BOLD}must be installed on your system for jhalfs to run"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
   # Check for minimum libxml2 and libxslt versions
   xsltprocVer=$(xsltproc -V | head -n1 )
   libxmlVer=$(echo $xsltprocVer | cut -d " " -f3)