diff --git a/chapter08/findutils.xml b/chapter08/findutils.xml
index 092be0c96..ea0de93de 100644
--- a/chapter08/findutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/findutils.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
 
     <para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">case $(uname -m) in
+    i?86)   TIME_T_32_BIT_OK=yes ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
+    x86_64) ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate ;;
+esac</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>