diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 7c10394651249fbccb510ed9763c08fb44e06bbf..f8435bf36e778e92b48318993891a7ae54d44c29 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.84 2001/10/09 08:31:15 sof Exp $
+dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.85 2001/10/13 20:26:13 sof Exp $
 dnl 
 dnl Extra autoconf macros for the Glasgow fptools
 dnl
@@ -412,6 +412,29 @@ fi
 rm -fr conftest*
 ])
 
+dnl
+dnl Getting at the right version of 'find'
+dnl (i.e., not the MS util on a Win32 box).
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN(FPTOOLS_FIND_FIND,
+[
+AC_PATH_PROG(Find2Cmd, find)
+$Find2Cmd --version > conftest.out 2>&1 
+if grep "FIND: Parameter format" conftest.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+   # Encountered MS' find utility, which is not what we're after.
+   #
+   # HACK - AC_CHECK_PROG is useful here in that does let you reject
+   # an (absolute) entry in the path (Find2Cmd). It is not so useful
+   # in that it doesn't let you (AFAIU) set VARIABLE equal to the 
+   # absolute path eventually found. So, hack around this by inspecting
+   # what variables hold the abs. path & use them directly.
+   AC_CHECK_PROG(FindCmd,find,`echo $ac_dir/$ac_word`,find,,$Find2Cmd)
+else
+FindCmd=$Find2Cmd
+AC_SUBST(FindCmd)
+fi
+])
+
 dnl
 dnl FPTOOLS_NOCACHE_CHECK prints a message, then sets the
 dnl values of the second argument to the result of running
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d5427d4d963f823d4be6a4487f0328073f3167fc..ed227ced5ef96bdb3967c84d4e13bdc6b94daedc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ dnl ** figure out how to do context diffs
 FPTOOLS_PROG_DIFF
 
 dnl ** Find find command (for Win32's benefit)
-AC_PATH_PROG(FindCmd, find)
+FPTOOLS_FIND_FIND
 
 dnl ** look for a decent parser generator (bison preferred)
 dnl (FPTOOLS_PROG_YACCY is AC_PROG_YACC, but with some extra testing