--- libbb/appletlib.c
+++ libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -175,11 +175,19 @@
 	xfunc_die();
 }
 
-int FAST_FUNC find_applet_by_name(const char *name)
+int FAST_FUNC find_applet_by_name(const char *original_name)
 {
 	unsigned i, max;
 	int j;
 	const char *p;
+	const char *name = original_name;
+
+	char unaliased_name[MAX_APPLET_NAME_LEN + 1] = { 0 };
+	char *suffix = is_suffixed_with(name, "-busybox");
+	if (suffix) {
+		strncpy(unaliased_name, name, suffix - name);
+		name = unaliased_name;
+	}
 
 /* The commented-out word-at-a-time code is ~40% faster, but +160 bytes.
  * "Faster" here saves ~0.5 microsecond of real time - not worth it.