diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/abuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/abuild/default.nix
index a597213b866c1..0a7c1f60a142c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/abuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/abuild/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , pkg-config
 , file
+, findutils
 , scdoc
 , openssl
 , zlib
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    findutils   # ensure setup.sh uses $findutils/bin/find, not $busybox/bin/find
     pkg-config
     scdoc
     makeWrapper