diff --git a/cmake/GenVersion.cmake b/cmake/GenVersion.cmake
index 1ea5b209c..b2ccfbc34 100644
--- a/cmake/GenVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GenVersion.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Parts of this file are originally copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
 
 # Check what commit we're on
-execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT}" rev-parse --short HEAD RESULT_VARIABLE RET OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMIT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+execute_process(COMMAND "${GIT}" rev-parse --short=9 HEAD RESULT_VARIABLE RET OUTPUT_VARIABLE COMMIT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
 if(RET)
 	# Something went wrong, set the version tag to -unknown
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ if(RET)
     set(VERSIONTAG "unknown")
     configure_file("src/version.cpp.in" "${TO}")
 else()
+	string(SUBSTRING ${COMMIT} 0 9 COMMIT)
 	message(STATUS "You are currently on commit ${COMMIT}")
 	
 	# Get all the tags
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index a38819337..8523e95df 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-packages:=boost openssl zeromq cppzmq expat ldns cppzmq readline libiconv hidapi protobuf libusb
+packages:=boost openssl zeromq cppzmq expat ldns readline libiconv hidapi protobuf libusb
 native_packages := native_ccache native_protobuf
 
 darwin_native_packages = native_biplist native_ds_store native_mac_alias
diff --git a/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in b/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
index 6b5434751..ba9f5f939 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
+++ b/contrib/depends/toolchain.cmake.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ OPTION(BUILD_TESTS "Build tests." OFF)
 
 SET(STATIC ON)
 SET(UNBOUND_STATIC ON)
+SET(ARCH "default")
 
 SET(BUILD_TESTS @build_tests@)
 SET(TREZOR_DEBUG @build_tests@)
diff --git a/contrib/gitian/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian/gitian-linux.yml
index 67f174fec..6e3ad108e 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ script: |
   chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${prog}
   done
 
+  git config --global core.abbrev 9
   cd monero
   BASEPREFIX=`pwd`/contrib/depends
   # Build dependencies for each host
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ script: |
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir build && cd build
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/toolchain.cmake -DBACKCOMPAT=ON
-    make
+    make ${MAKEOPTS}
     DISTNAME=monero-${i}
     mv bin ${DISTNAME}
     find ${DISTNAME}/ | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/gitian/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian/gitian-osx.yml
index 7de302353..1cdb85273 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "2000-01-01 12:00:00"
   export PATH=${WRAP_DIR}:${PATH}
 
+  git config --global core.abbrev 9
   cd monero
   BASEPREFIX=`pwd`/contrib/depends
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ script: |
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir build && cd build
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/toolchain.cmake
-    make
+    make ${MAKEOPTS}
     DISTNAME=monero-${i}
     mv bin ${DISTNAME}
     find ${DISTNAME}/ | sort | tar --no-recursion --mode='u+rw,go+r-w,a+X' --owner=0 --group=0 -c -T - | gzip -9n > ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/gitian/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian/gitian-win.yml
index 1eb558300..d15383905 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian/gitian-win.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ script: |
   create_per-host_linker_wrapper "2000-01-01 12:00:00"
   export PATH=${WRAP_DIR}:${PATH}
 
+  git config --global core.abbrev 9
   cd monero
   BASEPREFIX=`pwd`/contrib/depends
   # Build dependencies for each host
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ script: |
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir build && cd build
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/share/toolchain.cmake
-    make
+    make ${MAKEOPTS}
     DISTNAME=monero-${i}
     mv bin ${DISTNAME}
     find ${DISTNAME}/ | sort | zip -X@ ${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}.zip