diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/mklocatedb.sh b/usr.bin/locate/locate/mklocatedb.sh
index fd4a1ff7f03b..2cbf0979c332 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/mklocatedb.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/mklocatedb.sh
@@ -1,79 +1,80 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
 #
 # Copyright (c) September 1995-2022 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 # are met:
 # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 #    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 #
 # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 # ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 # ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 # FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 # OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 # HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 # LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 # OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 # SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
 # mklocatedb - build locate database
 # 
 # usage: mklocatedb [-presort] < filelist > database
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 # stop on first error
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
 # The directory containing locate subprograms
 : ${LIBEXECDIR:=/usr/libexec}; export LIBEXECDIR
 : ${TMPDIR:=/var/tmp}; export TMPDIR
 
 PATH=$LIBEXECDIR:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH; export PATH
 
 # utilities to built locate database
 : ${bigram:=locate.bigram}
 : ${code:=locate.code}
+: ${locate:=locate}
 : ${sort:=sort}
 
 sort_opt="-u -T $TMPDIR -S 20%"
 
 bigrams=$(mktemp -t mklocatedb.bigrams)
 filelist=$(mktemp -t mklocatedb.filelist)
 
 trap 'rm -f $bigrams $filelist' 0 1 2 3 5 10 15
 
 # Input already sorted
 if [ X"$1" = "X-presort" ]; then
     shift; 
 
     # Locate database bootstrapping
     # 1. first build a temp database without bigram compression
     # 2. create the bigram from the temp database
     # 3. create the real locate database with bigram compression.
     #
     # This scheme avoid large temporary files in /tmp
 
     $code $bigrams > $filelist
-    locate -d $filelist / | $bigram | $sort -nr | \
+    $locate -d $filelist / | $bigram | $sort -nr | \
       awk 'NR <= 128 && /^[ \t]*[1-9][0-9]*[ \t]+..$/ { printf("%s", substr($0, length($0)-1, 2)) }' > $bigrams
-    locate -d $filelist / | $code $bigrams
+    $locate -d $filelist / | $code $bigrams
 else
     $sort $sort_opt > $filelist
     $bigram < $filelist | $sort -nr | \
       awk 'NR <= 128 && /^[ \t]*[1-9][0-9]*[ \t]+..$/ { printf("%s", substr($0, length($0)-1, 2)) }' > $bigrams
     $code $bigrams < $filelist
 fi
 
 #EOF