diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4417f16d..e8fa05b6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ endif
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail ${SHELLFLAGS} -c
 MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
+FIND := $(if $(wildcard /bin/find),/bin/find,/usr/bin/find)
 
 ifndef OS
 	OS := unknown
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ clean: clean-dist
 # remove any files in dist/ folder without current build hash
 .PHONY: clean-dist
 clean-dist: buildhash
-	find dist \! -name "*$$(cat meta/buildhash)*" -type f -delete
+	"${FIND}" dist \! -name "*$$(cat meta/buildhash)*" -type f -delete
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: pyenv buildhash prepare
diff --git a/pylib/Makefile b/pylib/Makefile
index 7782bdd84..5e5cba96f 100644
--- a/pylib/Makefile
+++ b/pylib/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ clean:
 # Checking python
 ######################
 
-CHECKDEPS := $(shell ${FIND} anki tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
+CHECKDEPS := $(shell "${FIND}" anki tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
 
 .build/mypy: $(CHECKDEPS)
 	python -m mypy ${MYPY_ARGS} anki
diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index d4687647e..2ebee6968 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ all: check
 	python -m pip install -r requirements.dev
 	@touch $@
 
-.build/ui: $(shell ${FIND} designer -type f)
+.build/ui: $(shell "${FIND}" designer -type f)
 	./tools/build_ui.sh
 	@touch $@
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ JSDEPS := $(patsubst ts/src/%.ts, web/%.js, $(TSDEPS))
 
 PYLIB := ../pylib
 
-CHECKDEPS := $(shell ${FIND} aqt tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
+CHECKDEPS := $(shell "${FIND}" aqt tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
 
 .build/mypy: $(CHECKDEPS) .build/qt-stubs
 	python -m mypy ${MYPY_ARGS} aqt
diff --git a/rslib/Makefile b/rslib/Makefile
index 94bb7432d..4f5eb06aa 100644
--- a/rslib/Makefile
+++ b/rslib/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ develop: .build/vernum ftl/repo
 ftl/repo:
 	(cd ftl && ./scripts/fetch-latest-translations)
 
-ALL_SOURCE := $(shell ${FIND} src -type f | egrep -v "i18n/autogen|i18n/ftl|_proto.rs") $(wildcard ftl/*.ftl)
+ALL_SOURCE := $(shell "${FIND}" src -type f | egrep -v "i18n/autogen|i18n/ftl|_proto.rs") $(wildcard ftl/*.ftl)
 
 # nightly currently required for ignoring files in rustfmt.toml
 RUST_TOOLCHAIN := $(shell cat rust-toolchain)
diff --git a/rspy/Makefile b/rspy/Makefile
index d6ef32f5c..7506608dc 100644
--- a/rspy/Makefile
+++ b/rspy/Makefile
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ develop: .build/develop
 DEPS := .build/tools .build/vernum ../meta/buildhash \
 	$(wildcard $(QT_FTL_TEMPLATES)/*.ftl) \
 	$(wildcard $(QT_FTL_LOCALES)/*/*.ftl) \
-	$(shell ${FIND} ../rslib/src -name '*.rs') $(wildcard ../proto/*) \
-	$(shell ${FIND} ../rslib/ftl -type f) \
-	$(shell ${FIND} ./src -type f)
+	$(shell "${FIND}" ../rslib/src -name '*.rs') $(wildcard ../proto/*) \
+	$(shell "${FIND}" ../rslib/ftl -type f) \
+	$(shell "${FIND}" ./src -type f)
 
 .build/develop: $(DEPS)
 	touch ../proto/backend.proto