diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_wiiu.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_wiiu.c
index 156d63ea55..1976beb86a 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_wiiu.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_wiiu.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include "../../retroarch.h"
 #include "../../gfx/video_driver.h"
 
-
 #include "hbl.h"
 #include "wiiu_dbg.h"
 #include "system/exception_handler.h"
diff --git a/wiiu/include/sys/socket.h b/wiiu/include/sys/socket.h
index aa1c20f60c..3486f5130f 100644
--- a/wiiu/include/sys/socket.h
+++ b/wiiu/include/sys/socket.h
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SO_REUSEADDR    0x0004
 #define SO_NBIO         0x1014
+#define SO_NONBLOCK     0x1016
 
 
 /* return codes */
 #define SO_SUCCESS      0
 #define SO_EWOULDBLOCK  6
 
+#define EWOULDBLOCK SO_EWOULDBLOCK
+#define EAGAIN SO_EWOULDBLOCK
+#define ENOBUFS 105 /* No buffer space available */
 
 typedef uint32_t socklen_t;
 typedef uint16_t sa_family_t;
diff --git a/wiiu/main.c b/wiiu/main.c
index 5a2a2e698e..dd20c62923 100644
--- a/wiiu/main.c
+++ b/wiiu/main.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ void __init(void);
 static void fsdev_init(void);
 static void fsdev_exit(void);
 
-static int iosuhaxMount = 0;
+bool iosuhaxMount = 0;
+
 static int mcp_hook_fd = -1;
 
 /* HBL elf entry point */
@@ -163,35 +164,69 @@ void MCPHookClose(void)
    mcp_hook_fd = -1;
 }
 
+static bool try_init_iosuhax(void)
+{
+   int result = IOSUHAX_Open(NULL);
+   if(result < 0)
+      result = MCPHookOpen();
+
+   return (result < 0) ? false : true;
+}
+
+static void try_shutdown_iosuhax(void)
+{
+  if(!iosuhaxMount)
+    return;
+
+  if (mcp_hook_fd >= 0)
+    MCPHookClose();
+  else
+    IOSUHAX_Close();
+
+  iosuhaxMount = false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mount the filesystem(s) needed by the application. By default, we
+ * mount the SD card to /sd.
+ *
+ * The 'iosuhaxMount' symbol used here is public and can be referenced
+ * in overriding implementations.
+ */
+__attribute__((weak))
+void __mount_filesystems(void)
+{
+   if(iosuhaxMount)
+      fatInitDefault();
+   else
+      mount_sd_fat("sd");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unmount filesystems. Implementing applications should be careful to
+ * clean up anything mounted in __mount_filesystems() here.
+ */
+__attribute__((weak))
+void __unmount_filesystems(void)
+{
+  if (iosuhaxMount)
+  {
+    fatUnmount("sd:");
+    fatUnmount("usb:");
+  }
+  else
+    unmount_sd_fat("sd");
+}
+
 static void fsdev_init(void)
 {
-   iosuhaxMount = 0;
-   int res = IOSUHAX_Open(NULL);
+   iosuhaxMount = try_init_iosuhax();
 
-   if (res < 0)
-      res = MCPHookOpen();
-
-   if (res < 0)
-      mount_sd_fat("sd");
-   else
-   {
-      iosuhaxMount = 1;
-      fatInitDefault();
-   }
+   __mount_filesystems();
 }
 
 static void fsdev_exit(void)
 {
-   if (iosuhaxMount)
-   {
-      fatUnmount("sd:");
-      fatUnmount("usb:");
-
-      if (mcp_hook_fd >= 0)
-         MCPHookClose();
-      else
-         IOSUHAX_Close();
-   }
-   else
-      unmount_sd_fat("sd");
+   __unmount_filesystems();
+   try_shutdown_iosuhax();
 }
diff --git a/wiiu/system/exception_handler.c b/wiiu/system/exception_handler.c
index 2caa0779c7..2f2e7f8d99 100644
--- a/wiiu/system/exception_handler.c
+++ b/wiiu/system/exception_handler.c
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #include "wiiu_dbg.h"
 #include "exception_handler.h"
 #include "version.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_GIT_VERSION
 #include "version_git.h"
-
+#endif
 /*	Settings */
 #define NUM_STACK_TRACE_LINES 5
 
diff --git a/wiiu/system/imports.h b/wiiu/system/imports.h
index 0335c18755..e3685aaa1a 100644
--- a/wiiu/system/imports.h
+++ b/wiiu/system/imports.h
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 /* coreinit */
 IMPORT_BEGIN(coreinit);
 
+IMPORT(OSScreenInit);
+IMPORT(OSScreenGetBufferSizeEx);
+IMPORT(OSScreenSetBufferEx);
+IMPORT(OSScreenEnableEx);
+IMPORT(OSScreenFlipBuffersEx);
+IMPORT(OSScreenClearBufferEx);
+IMPORT(OSScreenPutFontEx);
 IMPORT(OSFatal);
 IMPORT(OSDynLoad_Acquire);
 IMPORT(OSDynLoad_FindExport);
diff --git a/wiiu/system/missing_libc_functions.c b/wiiu/system/missing_libc_functions.c
index 76c69f33e3..bc47266b3a 100644
--- a/wiiu/system/missing_libc_functions.c
+++ b/wiiu/system/missing_libc_functions.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <wiiu/os.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
-#include <features/features_cpu.h>
 #include <sys/reent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/wiiu/wiiu_dbg.h b/wiiu/wiiu_dbg.h
index 5e22701484..fa259b8d6c 100644
--- a/wiiu/wiiu_dbg.h
+++ b/wiiu/wiiu_dbg.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-#ifdef WIIU
+#ifdef __wiiu__
 #include <wiiu/types.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus