--- a/client.mk
+++ b/client.mk
@@ -55,16 +55,21 @@ else
 TOPSRCDIR := $(CWD)
 endif
 endif
 
 # try to find autoconf 2.13 - discard errors from 'which'
 # MacOS X 10.4 sends "no autoconf*" errors to stdout, discard those via grep
 AUTOCONF ?= $(shell which autoconf-2.13 autoconf2.13 autoconf213 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^no autoconf' | head -1)
 
+# See if the autoconf package was installed through fink
+ifeq (,$(strip $(AUTOCONF)))
+AUTOCONF = $(shell which fink >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo `which fink`/../../lib/autoconf2.13/bin/autoconf)
+endif
+
 ifeq (,$(strip $(AUTOCONF)))
 AUTOCONF=$(error Couldn't find autoconf 2.13)
 endif
 
 MKDIR := mkdir
 SH := /bin/sh
 ifndef MAKE
 MAKE := gmake