diff --git a/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.sh b/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.sh
index 685e81a2..1ecccb85 100644
--- a/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.sh
+++ b/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
     [[ -n "$log_level" || "${GITSTATUS_ENABLE_LOGGING:-0}" != 1 ]] || log_level=INFO
 
     local uname_sm
-    uname_sm="$(uname -sm)" || return
+    uname_sm="$(command uname -sm)" || return
     uname_sm="${uname_sm,,}"
     local uname_s="${uname_sm% *}"
     local uname_m="${uname_sm#* }"
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
     else
       local cpus
       if ! command -v sysctl &>/dev/null || [[ "$uname_s" == linux ]] ||
-         ! cpus="$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)"; then
-        if ! command -v getconf &>/dev/null || ! cpus="$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"; then
+         ! cpus="$(command sysctl -n hw.ncpu)"; then
+        if ! command -v getconf &>/dev/null || ! cpus="$(command getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"; then
           cpus=8
         fi
       fi
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
       --dirty-max-index-size="$max_dirty"
       $extra_flags)
 
-    tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/gitstatus.bash.$$.XXXXXXXXXX)" || return
+    tmpdir="$(command mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/gitstatus.bash.$$.XXXXXXXXXX)" || return
 
     if [[ -n "$log_level" ]]; then
       GITSTATUS_DAEMON_LOG="$tmpdir"/daemon.log
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function gitstatus_start() {
 
     req_fifo="$tmpdir"/req.fifo
     resp_fifo="$tmpdir"/resp.fifo
-    mkfifo -- "$req_fifo" "$resp_fifo" || return
+    command mkfifo -- "$req_fifo" "$resp_fifo" || return
 
     {
       (
diff --git a/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh b/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
index 66d128c2..a19f93f2 100644
--- a/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
+++ b/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function _gitstatus_daemon"${1:-}"() {
       trap '' PIPE
 
       local uname_sm
-      uname_sm="${(L)$(uname -sm)}"          || return
+      uname_sm="${(L)$(command uname -sm)}"          || return
       [[ $uname_sm == [^' ']##' '[^' ']## ]] || return
       local uname_s=${uname_sm% *}
       local uname_m=${uname_sm#* }
@@ -375,15 +375,15 @@ function _gitstatus_daemon"${1:-}"() {
       else
         local cpus
         if (( ! $+commands[sysctl] )) || [[ $uname_s == linux ]] ||
-            ! cpus="$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)"; then
-          if (( ! $+commands[getconf] )) || ! cpus="$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"; then
+            ! cpus="$(command sysctl -n hw.ncpu)"; then
+          if (( ! $+commands[getconf] )) || ! cpus="$(command getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"; then
             cpus=8
           fi
         fi
         args+=(-t $((cpus > 16 ? 32 : cpus > 0 ? 2 * cpus : 16)))
       fi
 
-      mkfifo -- $file_prefix.fifo           || return
+      command mkfifo -- $file_prefix.fifo   || return
       print -rnu $pipe_fd -- ${(l:20:)pgid} || return
       exec <$file_prefix.fifo               || return
       zf_rm -- $file_prefix.fifo            || return
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ function gitstatus_start"${1:-}"() {
       print -ru2   -- '  System information:'
       print -Pru2  -- '%F{yellow}'
       print -ru2   -- "    zsh:      $ZSH_VERSION"
-      print -ru2   -- "    uname -a: $(uname -a)"
+      print -ru2   -- "    uname -a: $(command uname -a)"
       print -Pru2  -- '%f'
       print -ru2   -- '  If you need help, open an issue and attach this whole error message to it:'
       print -ru2   -- ''