diff --git a/juliac/buildscript.jl b/juliac/buildscript.jl
index bebd2076a5464..a4d41a04e60dc 100644
--- a/juliac/buildscript.jl
+++ b/juliac/buildscript.jl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ end
     init_active_project() = ACTIVE_PROJECT[] = nothing
     set_active_project(projfile::Union{AbstractString,Nothing}) = ACTIVE_PROJECT[] = projfile
     disable_library_threading() = nothing
+    start_profile_listener() = nothing
     @inline function invokelatest(f::F, args...; kwargs...) where F
         return f(args...; kwargs...)
     end
@@ -198,6 +199,10 @@ let mod = Base.include(Base.__toplevel__, inputfile)
     end
     #entrypoint(join, (Base.GenericIOBuffer{Memory{UInt8}}, Array{Base.SubString{String}, 1}, String))
     #entrypoint(join, (Base.GenericIOBuffer{Memory{UInt8}}, Array{String, 1}, Char))
+    entrypoint(Base.task_done_hook, (Task,))
+    entrypoint(Base.wait, ())
+    entrypoint(Base.trypoptask, (Base.StickyWorkqueue,))
+    entrypoint(Base.checktaskempty, ())
     if add_ccallables
         ccall(:jl_add_ccallable_entrypoints, Cvoid, ())
     end
diff --git a/src/staticdata.c b/src/staticdata.c
index 989e2cca080cb..40db30b96b022 100644
--- a/src/staticdata.c
+++ b/src/staticdata.c
@@ -848,9 +848,15 @@ static void jl_queue_module_for_serialization(jl_serializer_state *s, jl_module_
             }
             if (jl_options.static_call_graph) {
                 jl_value_t *val = jl_get_binding_value(b);
-                if (jl_is_module(val) || !strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "__init__")) {
-                    if (jl_options.verbose_compilation)
-                        jl_(val);
+                // keep binding objects that are defined and ...
+                if (val &&
+                    // ... point to modules ...
+                    (jl_is_module(val) ||
+                     // ... or point to __init__ methods ...
+                     !strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "__init__") ||
+                     // ... or point to Base functions accessed by the runtime
+                     (m == jl_base_module && (!strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "wait") ||
+                                              !strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "task_done_hook"))))) {
                     jl_queue_for_serialization(s, b, m);
                 }
             }