diff --git a/gitstatus/Makefile b/gitstatus/Makefile
index adb20e9d..4a695acb 100644
--- a/gitstatus/Makefile
+++ b/gitstatus/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ VERSION ?= $(shell . ./build.info && printf "%s" "$$gitstatus_version")
 #
 # Sized delete is implemented as __ZdlPvm in /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib but this symbol is
 # missing in macOS prior to 10.13.
-CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14 -funsigned-char -O3 -DNDEBUG -DGITSTATUS_VERSION=$(VERSION) -Wall # -g -fsanitize=thread
+CXXFLAGS += -std=c++14 -funsigned-char -O3 -DNDEBUG -DGITSTATUS_VERSION=$(VERSION) # -Wall -g -fsanitize=thread
 LDFLAGS += -pthread # -fsanitize=thread
 LDLIBS += -lgit2 # -lprofiler -lunwind
 
diff --git a/gitstatus/README.md b/gitstatus/README.md
index a6631f63..609d5f82 100644
--- a/gitstatus/README.md
+++ b/gitstatus/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # gitstatus
 
+- **THE PROJECT HAS VERY LIMITED SUPPORT**
+- **NO NEW FEATURES ARE IN THE WORKS**
+- **MOST BUGS WILL GO UNFIXED**
+
 **gitstatus** is a 10x faster alternative to `git status` and `git describe`. Its primary use
 case is to enable fast git prompt in interactive shells.
 
diff --git a/gitstatus/build b/gitstatus/build
index e116abb2..ea96a25a 100755
--- a/gitstatus/build
+++ b/gitstatus/build
@@ -153,7 +153,16 @@ case "$gitstatus_cpu" in
   ;;
 esac
 
-cflags="$archflag=$gitstatus_cpu -fno-plt -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fpie"
+case "$gitstatus_arch" in
+  e2k)
+    nopltflag=""
+  ;;
+  *)
+    nopltflag="-fno-plt"
+  ;;
+esac
+
+cflags="$archflag=$gitstatus_cpu $nopltflag -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fpie"
 ldflags=
 static_pie=
 
@@ -384,6 +393,7 @@ CFLAGS="$libgit2_cflags" command cmake \
   -DUSE_GSSAPI=OFF                     \
   -DUSE_NTLMCLIENT=OFF                 \
   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF              \
+  -G "Unix Makefiles"                  \
   $libgit2_cmake_flags                 \
   ..
 command make -j "$cpus" VERBOSE=1
@@ -545,6 +555,7 @@ if [ -z "$gitstatus_cpu" ]; then
     x86_64|amd64)   gitstatus_cpu=x86-64;;
     x86)            gitstatus_cpu=i586;;
     s390x)          gitstatus_cpu=z900;;
+    e2k)            gitstatus_cpu=native;;
     i386|i586|i686) gitstatus_cpu="$gitstatus_arch";;
     *)
       >&2 echo '[error] unable to infer target CPU architecture'
diff --git a/gitstatus/build.info b/gitstatus/build.info
index 9a4967e8..9bc9411d 100644
--- a/gitstatus/build.info
+++ b/gitstatus/build.info
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # This value is also read by shell bindings (indirectly, through
 # ./install) when using GITSTATUS_DAEMON or usrbin/gitstatusd.
-gitstatus_version="v1.5.4"
+gitstatus_version="v1.5.5"
 
 # libgit2 is a build time dependency of gitstatusd. The values of
 # libgit2_version and libgit2_sha256 are read by ./build.