diff --git a/packages/OS400/initscript.sh b/packages/OS400/initscript.sh
index 6897a5de37..93e713cf95 100644
--- a/packages/OS400/initscript.sh
+++ b/packages/OS400/initscript.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #
 ###########################################################################
 
+system ()
+{
+    /usr/bin/system "$@" || exit 1
+}
 
 setenv()
 
diff --git a/packages/OS400/makefile.sh b/packages/OS400/makefile.sh
index bfc56da3d6..ab968b22eb 100644
--- a/packages/OS400/makefile.sh
+++ b/packages/OS400/makefile.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ do      MEMBER="`basename \"${TEXT}\" .OS400`"
         MEMBER="`basename \"${MEMBER}\" .md`"
         MEMBER="${LIBIFSNAME}/DOCS.FILE/`db2_name \"${MEMBER}\"`.MBR"
 
+        [ -e "${TEXT}" ] || continue
+
         if action_needed "${MEMBER}" "${TEXT}"
         then    CMD="CPY OBJ('${TEXT}') TOOBJ('${MEMBER}') TOCCSID(${TGTCCSID})"
                 CMD="${CMD} DTAFMT(*TEXT) REPLACE(*YES)"