diff --git a/Library/ENV/4.3/make b/Library/ENV/4.3/make
index aff18372ef..b3df331145 100755
--- a/Library/ENV/4.3/make
+++ b/Library/ENV/4.3/make
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 export HOMEBREW_CCCFG="O$HOMEBREW_CCCFG"
 if [ $(basename "$0") == "bsdmake" ]; then
   pwd="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-  exec "$pwd/../../../bin/bsdmake" "$@"
+  bsd="$pwd/../../../bin/bsdmake"
+  # bsdmake used to be keg-only: support users who don't run brew doctor
+  [ -x "$bsd" ] || bsd="$(brew --prefix bsdmake)/bin/bsdmake"
+  exec "$bsd" "$@"
 else
   exec xcrun make "$@"
 fi