diff -rup a/sunrpc/rpc_main.c b/sunrpc/rpc_main.c
--- a/sunrpc/rpc_main.c	2012-01-01 05:16:32.000000000 -0700
+++ b/sunrpc/rpc_main.c	2012-02-07 11:06:16.479796121 -0700
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static const char *cmdname;
 
 #define SVR4_CPP "/usr/ccs/lib/cpp"
 #define SUNOS_CPP "/lib/cpp"
+#define USR_LIB_CPP "/usr/bin/cpp"
 
 static const char *svcclosetime = "120";
 static int cppDefined;	/* explicit path for C preprocessor */
@@ -343,12 +344,16 @@ find_cpp (void)
 	  crash ();
 	}
       else
-	{			/* try the other one */
+	{			/* try the other ones */
 	  CPP = SVR4_CPP;
 	  if (stat (CPP, &buf) < 0)
-	    {			/* can't find any cpp */
-	      fputs (_ ("cannot find any C preprocessor (cpp)\n"), stdout);
-	      crash ();
+	    {
+	      CPP = USR_LIB_CPP;
+	      if (stat (CPP, &buf) < 0)
+		{			/* can't find any cpp */
+		  fputs (_ ("cannot find any C preprocessor (cpp)\n"), stdout);
+		  crash ();
+		}
 	    }
 	}
     }