diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index d4eeee402..30bd52cdf 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ HDRS = \
 	begin_code.h \
 	close_code.h
 
-SDLTEST_HDRS = $(shell ls $(srcdir)/include | fgrep SDL_test)
+SDLTEST_HDRS = $(shell ls $(srcdir)/include | $(FGREP) SDL_test)
 
 LT_AGE      = @LT_AGE@
 LT_CURRENT  = @LT_CURRENT@
diff --git a/android-project/gradlew b/android-project/gradlew
index 9d82f7891..3427607f4 100755
--- a/android-project/gradlew
+++ b/android-project/gradlew
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
     i=0
     for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|grep -E -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|grep -E -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
 
         if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
             eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1cb1060f4..635cbb111 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_EGREP
+AC_PROG_FGREP
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
@@ -180,8 +181,8 @@ base_libdir=`echo \${libdir} | sed 's/.*\/\(.*\)/\1/; q'`
 dnl Function to find a library in the compiler search path
 find_lib()
 {
-    gcc_bin_path=[`$CC -print-search-dirs 2>/dev/null | fgrep programs: | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/:/ /g'`]
-    gcc_lib_path=[`$CC -print-search-dirs 2>/dev/null | fgrep libraries: | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/:/ /g'`]
+    gcc_bin_path=[`$CC -print-search-dirs 2>/dev/null | $(FGREP) programs: | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/:/ /g'`]
+    gcc_lib_path=[`$CC -print-search-dirs 2>/dev/null | $(FGREP) libraries: | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/:/ /g'`]
     env_lib_path=[`echo $LIBS $LDFLAGS $* | sed 's/-L[ ]*//g'`]
     if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
         host_lib_path=""
diff --git a/src/events/SDL_keysym_to_scancode.c b/src/events/SDL_keysym_to_scancode.c
index c1c1ba626..3df4fd056 100644
--- a/src/events/SDL_keysym_to_scancode.c
+++ b/src/events/SDL_keysym_to_scancode.c
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@ function process_line
 {
     sym=$(echo "$1" | awk '{print $3}')
     code=$(echo "$1" | sed 's,.*_EVDEVK(\(0x[0-9A-Fa-f]*\)).*,\1,')
-    value=$(egrep "#define ${sym}\s" -R /usr/include/X11 | awk '{print $3}')
+    value=$(grep -E "#define ${sym}\s" -R /usr/include/X11 | awk '{print $3}')
     printf "    { 0x%.8X, 0x%.3x },    /* $sym */\n" $value $code
 }
 
-fgrep "/* Use: " /usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h | fgrep _EVDEVK | while read line; do
+grep -F "/* Use: " /usr/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h | grep -F _EVDEVK | while read line; do
     process_line "$line"
 done
 #endif
diff --git a/src/events/scancodes_linux.h b/src/events/scancodes_linux.h
index 325737746..5770d9a79 100644
--- a/src/events/scancodes_linux.h
+++ b/src/events/scancodes_linux.h
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static SDL_Scancode const linux_scancode_table[] = {
 function get_keyname
 {
     value=$(echo "$1" | awk '{print $3}')
-    fgrep KEY_ /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h | while read line; do
+    grep -F KEY_ /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h | while read line; do
         read -ra fields <<<"$line"
         if [ "${fields[2]}" = "$value" ]; then
             echo "${fields[1]}"
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ function get_keyname
     done
 }
 
-fgrep SDL_SCANCODE scancodes_linux.h | while read line; do
+grep -F SDL_SCANCODE scancodes_linux.h | while read line; do
     if [ $(echo "$line" | awk '{print NF}') -eq 5 ]; then
         name=$(get_keyname "$line")
         if [ "$name" != "" ]; then
@@ -832,11 +832,11 @@ function get_comment
 {   
     name=$(echo "$1" | awk '{print $7}')
     if [ "$name" != "" ]; then
-        egrep "$name\s" /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h | fgrep "/*" | sed 's,[^/]*/,/,'
+        grep -E "$name\s" /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h | grep -F "/*" | sed 's,[^/]*/,/,'
     fi
 }
 
-fgrep SDL_SCANCODE scancodes_linux.h | while read line; do
+grep -F SDL_SCANCODE scancodes_linux.h | while read line; do
     comment=$(get_comment "$line")
     if [ "$comment" != "" ]; then
         echo "    $line $comment"
diff --git a/src/joystick/check_8bitdo.sh b/src/joystick/check_8bitdo.sh
index d65b972a8..5e172dbfa 100755
--- a/src/joystick/check_8bitdo.sh
+++ b/src/joystick/check_8bitdo.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ cat <<__EOF__
 __EOF__
 
 echo "Actual output:"
-fgrep 8BitDo SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h | fgrep -v hint
-egrep "hint:SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS:=1" SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h  | fgrep -i 8bit | fgrep -v x:b2,y:b3 | fgrep -v x:b3,y:b4
-egrep "hint:.SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS:=1" SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h  | fgrep -i 8bit | fgrep -v x:b3,y:b2 | fgrep -v x:b4,y:b3
+${FGREP:-grep -F} 8BitDo SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -v hint
+${EGREP:-grep -E} "hint:SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS:=1" SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h  | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -i 8bit | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -v x:b2,y:b3 | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -v x:b3,y:b4
+${EGREP:-grep -E} "hint:.SDL_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS:=1" SDL_gamecontrollerdb.h  | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -i 8bit | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -v x:b3,y:b2 | ${FGREP:-grep -F} -v x:b4,y:b3