diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/actionglobals.py b/pisi/actionsapi/actionglobals.py
index b47c2b78..5e06f1b6 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/actionglobals.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/actionglobals.py
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ class Env(object):
         else:
             return None
 
-
-
 class Dirs:
     """General directories used in actions API."""
     # TODO: Eventually we should consider getting these from a/the
@@ -50,9 +48,9 @@ class Dirs:
 class Flags:
     """General flags used in actions API"""
     values = pisi.config.config.values
-    host = values.build.host
-    cflags = values.build.cflags
-    cxxflags = values.build.cxxflags
+    environ["HOST"] = host = values.build.host
+    environ["CFLAGS"] = cflags = values.build.cflags
+    environ["CXXFLAGS"] = cxxflags = values.build.cxxflags
     ldflags = values.build.ldflags
 
 class ActionGlobals(pisi.config.Config):
diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py b/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
index 4798758a..37f8ae11 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # stadard python modules
 import os
 import time
+import glob
 from tempfile import mkstemp, mkdtemp
 
 def sleep(seconds = 5):
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ def createTmpDir():
     return path
 
 def chmod(filename, mode = 0755):
-    os.chmod(filename, mode)
+    for file in glob.glob(filename):
+        os.chmod(file, mode)
 
 def unlink(filename):
     os.unlink(filename)
@@ -28,3 +30,7 @@ def makedirs(directoryName):
         os.makedirs(directoryName)
     except OSError:
         pass
+
+def touch(filename):
+    for file in glob.glob(filename):
+        os.utime(file, None)