diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/functions.sh b/package/base-files/files/etc/functions.sh
index 28bd792010c..828e37e4044 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/functions.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/functions.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006 Fokus Fraunhofer <carsten.tittel@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
 
 alias debug=${DEBUG:-:}
+alias mount='busybox mount'
 
 # newline
 N="