diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 8ade25e8874..7e530ba5c82 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ sed -i "s|grep '^#define HAVE_CAP 1' \$CONFIG_HEADER > /dev/null|true|"  tests/l
 # tests/ls/abmon-align.sh - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/3505
 sed -i 's|touch |/usr/bin/touch |' tests/cp/reflink-perm.sh tests/ls/block-size.sh tests/mv/update.sh tests/ls/ls-time.sh tests/stat/stat-nanoseconds.sh tests/misc/time-style.sh tests/test/test-N.sh tests/ls/abmon-align.sh
 sed -i 's|ln -|/usr/bin/ln -|' tests/cp/link-deref.sh
+
+# Workaround https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/5766
+# to transform an ERROR into FAIL
+sed -i 's|xargs mkdir )|xargs mkdir -p )|' tests/cp/link-heap.sh
+
 sed -i 's|cp |/usr/bin/cp |' tests/mv/hard-2.sh
 sed -i 's|paste |/usr/bin/paste |' tests/od/od-endian.sh
 sed -i 's|timeout |'"${SYSTEM_TIMEOUT}"' |' tests/tail/follow-stdin.sh