diff --git a/hermit/usr/benchmarks/Makefile b/hermit/usr/benchmarks/Makefile
index 9a042621b..44a5113e3 100644
--- a/hermit/usr/benchmarks/Makefile
+++ b/hermit/usr/benchmarks/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TARGET=x86_64-hermit
 MAKE = make
 override STRIP_DEBUG = --strip-debug #--strip-unneeded
 KEEP_DEBUG = --only-keep-debug
-OBJCOPY_FLAGS = -j .mboot -j .ktext -j .kdata -j .kbss -j .tbss -j .tdata -j .fini -j .init -j .ctors -j .dtors -j .text -j .data -j .rodata -j .bss -j .percore -j .eh_frame -j .jcr -j .got.plt -O binary
+OBJCOPY_FLAGS = -j .mboot -j .ktext -j .kdata -j .kbss -j .tbss -j .tdata -j .fini -j .init -j .ctors -j .dtors -j .text -j .data -j .rodata -j .bss -j .percore -j .eh_frame -j .jcr -j .got.plt  -j .preinit_array -j .init_array -j .fini_array -j .gcc_except_table -O binary
 
 # Set your own cross compiler tool chain prefix here
 CROSSCOMPREFIX = x86_64-hermit-
diff --git a/hermit/usr/binutils b/hermit/usr/binutils
index ef2eb2184..aa5de4dd8 160000
--- a/hermit/usr/binutils
+++ b/hermit/usr/binutils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ef2eb2184dbdfa12fc37f7dfba4ba171c2d9d866
+Subproject commit aa5de4dd8384671ca28a3328f74ed198fdf9b399
diff --git a/hermit/usr/newlib b/hermit/usr/newlib
index f4da70665..7672b57e9 160000
--- a/hermit/usr/newlib
+++ b/hermit/usr/newlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f4da7066568c0a1c5a4f04de70ef3ea0739baa42
+Subproject commit 7672b57e9a58b657ddf2eed8e5d60c435a5c0b00
diff --git a/hermit/usr/pte b/hermit/usr/pte
index a7516abd3..05c72ef98 160000
--- a/hermit/usr/pte
+++ b/hermit/usr/pte
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a7516abd3f59107fa7d3194660b25f6668d535d8
+Subproject commit 05c72ef98aea0a6ad5a4f9ee1e82137787876eeb
diff --git a/hermit/usr/tests/Makefile b/hermit/usr/tests/Makefile
index 145c6ed0f..dc806ccb6 100644
--- a/hermit/usr/tests/Makefile
+++ b/hermit/usr/tests/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TARGET=x86_64-hermit
 MAKE = make
 override STRIP_DEBUG = --strip-debug #--strip-unneeded
 KEEP_DEBUG = --only-keep-debug
-OBJCOPY_FLAGS = -j .mboot -j .ktext -j .kdata -j .kbss -j .tbss -j .tdata -j .fini -j .init -j .ctors -j .dtors -j .text -j .data -j .rodata -j .bss -j .percore -j .eh_frame -j .jcr -j .got.plt -O binary
+OBJCOPY_FLAGS = -j .mboot -j .ktext -j .kdata -j .kbss -j .tbss -j .tdata -j .fini -j .init -j .ctors -j .dtors -j .text -j .data -j .rodata -j .bss -j .percore -j .eh_frame -j .jcr -j .got.plt -j .preinit_array -j .init_array -j .fini_array -j .gcc_except_table -O binary
 
 # Set your own cross compiler tool chain prefix here
 CROSSCOMPREFIX = x86_64-hermit-