diff --git a/scripts/dev/gen_verify_stub b/scripts/dev/gen_verify_stub
index f326230e5d4c1..f9d9cc67ee3ea 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/gen_verify_stub
+++ b/scripts/dev/gen_verify_stub
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Handle GNU vs. BSD checksum utilities
+sha256sum="$(which sha256sum)"
+sha256sum="${sha256sum:-$(which shasum) -a 256}"
+
 if [ "x$1" == "x" ]
 then
 	echo "Usage: $0 <version> [email]"
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ done
 for TARBALL in "$PHPROOT/php-$RELEASE_VER.tar.bz2" "$PHPROOT/php-$RELEASE_VER.tar.gz" "$PHPROOT/php-$RELEASE_VER.tar.xz"
 do
 	basename $TARBALL
-	echo "SHA256 hash: `sha256sum $TARBALL | cut -d' ' -f1`";
+	echo "SHA256 hash: `$sha256sum $TARBALL | cut -d' ' -f1`";
 	echo PGP signature:
 	cat $TARBALL.asc
 	echo -e "\n"
diff --git a/scripts/dev/makedist b/scripts/dev/makedist
index ffdf536907651..48e54cffaaf79 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/makedist
+++ b/scripts/dev/makedist
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 tar="$(which gtar)"
 tar="${tar:-$(which tar)}"
 
+# Handle GNU vs. BSD checksum utilities
+md5sum="$(which md5sum)"
+md5sum="${md5sum:-$(which md5)}"
+
+# GNU touch is preferred since it handles local TZ in timestamps
+touch="$(which gtouch)"
+touch="${touch:-$(which touch)}"
+
 if [[ $($tar --version) == *"bsdtar"* ]]; then
   echo "Found bsdtar at $tar, but this script needs GNU tar."
   exit 1
@@ -169,8 +177,8 @@ fi
 # Reset the modification and access times of all files to be packaged.
 commitDate="$(git log -1 --format=%cI $treeish)"
 echo "makedist: Resetting the modification and access times of package files to $commitDate"
-touch -c -d"$commitDate" NEWS
-find . -exec touch -r NEWS -c {} \;
+"$touch" -c -d"$commitDate" NEWS
+find . -exec "$touch" -r NEWS -c {} \;
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ rm -rf "$prefix" "$prefix".tar.*
 
 echo "makedist: Creating $prefix.tar.gz archive."
 gzip -9 -k "$prefix".tar || exit 6
-md5sum "$prefix".tar.gz
+"$md5sum" "$prefix".tar.gz
 gzip -t "$prefix".tar.gz
 
 sync
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ sleep 2
 
 echo "makedist: Creating $prefix.tar.bz2 archive."
 bzip2 -9 -k $prefix.tar || exit 7
-md5sum $prefix.tar.bz2
+"$md5sum" $prefix.tar.bz2
 bzip2 -t $prefix.tar.bz2
 
 sync
@@ -197,7 +205,7 @@ sleep 2
 
 echo "makedist: Creating $prefix.tar.xz archive."
 xz -9 -k "$prefix".tar || exit 9
-md5sum "$prefix".tar.xz
+"$md5sum" "$prefix".tar.xz
 xz -t "$prefix".tar.xz
 
 echo ""