diff --git a/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
index 7e8bdb8..849f6b4 100755
--- a/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
+++ b/devlib/bin/scripts/shutils.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ BUSYBOX=${BUSYBOX:-__DEVLIB_BUSYBOX__}
 FIND=${FIND:-$BUSYBOX find}
 GREP=${GREP:-$BUSYBOX grep}
 SED=${SED:-$BUSYBOX sed}
+CAT=${CAT:-$BUSYBOX cat}
 
 ################################################################################
 # CPUFrequency Utility Functions
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ cpufreq_get_all_governors() {
 }
 
 cpufreq_trace_all_frequencies() {
-	FREQS=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq)
+	FREQS=$($CAT /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq)
 	CPU=0; for F in $FREQS; do
 		echo "cpu_frequency:        state=$F cpu_id=$CPU" > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker
 		CPU=$((CPU + 1))
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ cpufreq_trace_all_frequencies() {
 ftrace_get_function_stats() {
     for CPU in $(ls /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat | sed 's/function//'); do
         REPLACE_STRING="s/  Function/\n  Function (CPU$CPU)/"
-        cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/function$CPU \
+        $CAT /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/function$CPU \
             | sed "$REPLACE_STRING"
     done
 }
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ cgroups_tasks_move() {
 	DST_GRP=${2}
 	GREP_EXCLUSE=${3:-''}
 
-	cat $SRC_GRP/tasks | while read TID; do
+	$CAT $SRC_GRP/tasks | while read TID; do
 	  echo $TID > $DST_GRP/cgroup.procs
 	done
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ cgroups_tasks_move() {
 	PIDS=`echo $PIDS`
 	echo "PIDs to save: [$PIDS]"
 	for TID in $PIDS; do
-	  CMDLINE=`cat /proc/$TID/cmdline`
+	  CMDLINE=`$CAT /proc/$TID/cmdline`
 	  echo "$TID : $CMDLINE"
 	  echo $TID > $SRC_GRP/cgroup.procs
 	done