diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 513b574d13..1cbc2f5858 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ yes,yes)
 	no)
 	    # See if we can hardlink and drop "l" if not.
 	    sample_file=$(cd "$repo" && \
-			  find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q)
+			  /usr/bin/find objects -type f -print | sed -e 1q)
 
 	    # objects directory should not be empty since we are cloning!
 	    test -f "$repo/$sample_file" || exit
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ yes,yes)
 	    fi &&
 	    rm -f "$GIT_DIR/objects/sample" &&
 	    cd "$repo" &&
-	    find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$GIT_DIR/" || exit 1
+	    /usr/bin/find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$GIT_DIR/" || exit 1
 	    ;;
 	yes)
 	    mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/objects/info"
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ then
 		(
 			test -f "$GIT_DIR/$remote_top/master" && echo "master"
 			cd "$GIT_DIR/$remote_top" &&
-			find . -type f -print | sed -e 's/^\.\///'
+			/usr/bin/find . -type f -print | sed -e 's/^\.\///'
 		) | (
 		done=f
 		while read name
diff --git a/git-ls-remote.sh b/git-ls-remote.sh
index a6ed99a7c5..145fc38c79 100755
--- a/git-ls-remote.sh
+++ b/git-ls-remote.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ rsync://* )
 		head=$(cat "$tmpdir/$head") || exit
 	esac &&
 	echo "$head	HEAD"
-	(cd $tmpdir && find refs -type f) |
+	(cd $tmpdir && /usr/bin/find refs -type f) |
 	while read path
 	do
 		cat "$tmpdir/$path" | tr -d '\012'
diff --git a/git-repack.sh b/git-repack.sh
index ddfa8b44a1..bf0bdcf4ff 100755
--- a/git-repack.sh
+++ b/git-repack.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ case ",$all_into_one," in
 	;;
 ,t,)
 	if [ -d "$PACKDIR" ]; then
-		for e in `cd "$PACKDIR" && find . -type f -name '*.pack' \
+		for e in `cd "$PACKDIR" && /usr/bin/find . -type f -name '*.pack' \
 			| sed -e 's/^\.\///' -e 's/\.pack$//'`
 		do
 			if [ -e "$PACKDIR/$e.keep" ]; then
diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 81ec70ff93..66898afc4f 100755
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ test "$no_symlinks" && {
 # git-init has been done in an empty repository.
 # make sure it is empty.
 
-find .git/objects -type f -print >should-be-empty
+/usr/bin/find .git/objects -type f -print >should-be-empty
 test_expect_success \
     '.git/objects should be empty after git-init in an empty repo.' \
     'cmp -s /dev/null should-be-empty' 
 
 # also it should have 2 subdirectories; no fan-out anymore, pack, and info.
 # 3 is counting "objects" itself
-find .git/objects -type d -print >full-of-directories
+/usr/bin/find .git/objects -type d -print >full-of-directories
 test_expect_success \
     '.git/objects should have 3 subdirectories.' \
     'test $(wc -l < full-of-directories) = 3'
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ do
 done
 test_expect_success \
     'adding various types of objects with git-update-index --add.' \
-    'find path* ! -type d -print | xargs git-update-index --add'
+    '/usr/bin/find path* ! -type d -print | xargs git-update-index --add'
 
 # Show them and see that matches what we expect.
 test_expect_success \
diff --git a/t/t1200-tutorial.sh b/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
index ca2c30f7af..97bf4dc517 100755
--- a/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
+++ b/t/t1200-tutorial.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git show-branch' 'cmp show-branch2.expect show-branch2.outp
 
 test_expect_success 'git repack' 'git repack'
 test_expect_success 'git prune-packed' 'git prune-packed'
-test_expect_failure '-> only packed objects' 'find -type f .git/objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
+test_expect_failure '-> only packed objects' '/usr/bin/find -type f .git/objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
 
 test_done
 
diff --git a/t/t2001-checkout-cache-clash.sh b/t/t2001-checkout-cache-clash.sh
index 825119b01c..05c2262466 100755
--- a/t/t2001-checkout-cache-clash.sh
+++ b/t/t2001-checkout-cache-clash.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the symlink path1 and create directory path1 and file path1/file1.
 
 show_files() {
 	# show filesystem files, just [-dl] for type and name
-	find path? -ls |
+	/usr/bin/find path? -ls |
 	sed -e 's/^[0-9]* * [0-9]* * \([-bcdl]\)[^ ]* *[0-9]* *[^ ]* *[^ ]* *[0-9]* [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [0-9][0-9] [^ ]* /fs: \1 /'
 	# what's in the cache, just mode and name
 	git-ls-files --stage |
diff --git a/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh b/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
index 8ca1a8a1d5..40501798d1 100755
--- a/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
+++ b/t/t3100-ls-tree-restrict.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      echo Lo >path2/foo &&
      ln -s ../path1 path2/bazbo &&
      echo Mi >path2/baz/b &&
-     find path? \( -type f -o -type l \) -print |
+     /usr/bin/find path? \( -type f -o -type l \) -print |
      xargs git-update-index --add &&
      tree=`git-write-tree` &&
      echo $tree'
diff --git a/t/t3101-ls-tree-dirname.sh b/t/t3101-ls-tree-dirname.sh
index 087929a4bf..eb3df85eff 100755
--- a/t/t3101-ls-tree-dirname.sh
+++ b/t/t3101-ls-tree-dirname.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      mkdir path3 &&
      echo 111 >path3/1.txt &&
      echo 222 >path3/2.txt &&
-     find *.txt path* \( -type f -o -type l \) -print |
+     /usr/bin/find *.txt path* \( -type f -o -type l \) -print |
      xargs git-update-index --add &&
      tree=`git-write-tree` &&
      echo $tree'
diff --git a/t/t4112-apply-renames.sh b/t/t4112-apply-renames.sh
index 69e9603c78..bfcb8821c8 100755
--- a/t/t4112-apply-renames.sh
+++ b/t/t4112-apply-renames.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ rename to include/arch/m32r/klibc/archsetjmp.h
 +#endif /* _KLIBC_ARCHSETJMP_H */
 EOF
 
-find klibc -type f -print | xargs git-update-index --add --
+/usr/bin/find klibc -type f -print | xargs git-update-index --add --
 
 test_expect_success 'check rename/copy patch' 'git-apply --check patch'
 
diff --git a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
index b00acafce0..f46ea1542e 100755
--- a/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t5000-tar-tree.sh
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ test_expect_success \
      (p=long_path_to_a_file && cd a &&
       for depth in 1 2 3 4 5; do mkdir $p && cd $p; done &&
       echo text >file_with_long_path) &&
-     (cd a && find .) | sort >a.lst'
+     (cd a && /usr/bin/find .) | sort >a.lst'
 
 test_expect_success \
     'add files to repository' \
-    'find a -type f | xargs git-update-index --add &&
-     find a -type l | xargs git-update-index --add &&
+    '/usr/bin/find a -type f | xargs git-update-index --add &&
+     /usr/bin/find a -type l | xargs git-update-index --add &&
      treeid=`git-write-tree` &&
      echo $treeid >treeid &&
      git-update-ref HEAD $(TZ=GMT GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2005-05-27 22:00:00" \
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'validate filenames' \
-    '(cd b/a && find .) | sort >b.lst &&
+    '(cd b/a && /usr/bin/find .) | sort >b.lst &&
      diff a.lst b.lst'
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'validate filenames with prefix' \
-    '(cd c/prefix/a && find .) | sort >c.lst &&
+    '(cd c/prefix/a && /usr/bin/find .) | sort >c.lst &&
      diff a.lst c.lst'
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'validate filenames' \
-    '(cd d/a && find .) | sort >d.lst &&
+    '(cd d/a && /usr/bin/find .) | sort >d.lst &&
      diff a.lst d.lst'
 
 test_expect_success \
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'validate filenames with prefix' \
-    '(cd e/prefix/a && find .) | sort >e.lst &&
+    '(cd e/prefix/a && /usr/bin/find .) | sort >e.lst &&
      diff a.lst e.lst'
 
 test_expect_success \
diff --git a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
index aafb976a75..c1d34de954 100755
--- a/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
+++ b/t/t5300-pack-object.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ cd "$TRASH/.git2"
 
 test_expect_success \
     'check unpack without delta' \
-    '(cd ../.git && find objects -type f -print) |
+    '(cd ../.git && /usr/bin/find objects -type f -print) |
      while read path
      do
          cmp $path ../.git/$path || {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ unset GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
 cd "$TRASH/.git2"
 test_expect_success \
     'check unpack with REF_DELTA' \
-    '(cd ../.git && find objects -type f -print) |
+    '(cd ../.git && /usr/bin/find objects -type f -print) |
      while read path
      do
          cmp $path ../.git/$path || {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ unset GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
 cd "$TRASH/.git2"
 test_expect_success \
     'check unpack with OFS_DELTA' \
-    '(cd ../.git && find objects -type f -print) |
+    '(cd ../.git && /usr/bin/find objects -type f -print) |
      while read path
      do
          cmp $path ../.git/$path || {
diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
index 4efa0c926c..e91b5a8437 100755
--- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
+++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 if p="Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö" &&
 	mkdir -p "tst/$p" &&
 	date >"tst/$p/day" &&
-	found=$(find tst -type f -print) &&
+	found=$(/usr/bin/find tst -type f -print) &&
 	test "z$found" = "ztst/$p/day" &&
 	rm -fr tst
 then