diff --git a/hack/lib/util.sh b/hack/lib/util.sh
index 43e7226597c..01f8b4bc765 100755
--- a/hack/lib/util.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/util.sh
@@ -208,7 +208,12 @@ kube::util::find-binary-for-platform() {
     locations+=("$location");
   done < <(find "${KUBE_ROOT}/bazel-bin/" -type f -executable \
     \( -path "*/${platform/\//_}*/${lookfor}" -o -path "*/${lookfor}" \) 2>/dev/null || true)
-
+  # search for executables for non-GNU versions of find (eg. BSD)
+  while IFS=$'\n' read -r location; do
+    locations+=("$location");
+  done < <(find "${KUBE_ROOT}/bazel-bin/" -type f -perm -111 \
+    \( -path "*/${platform/\//_}*/${lookfor}" -o -path "*/${lookfor}" \) 2>/dev/null || true)
+  
   # List most recently-updated location.
   local -r bin=$( (ls -t "${locations[@]}" 2>/dev/null || true) | head -1 )
   echo -n "${bin}"