diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index f72cad7d1..bd7ccc323 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -768,7 +768,10 @@ ACTF(delete)
 {
 	int rc;
 	if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode)) {
-		rc = rmdir(fileName);
+		/* "find . -delete" skips rmdir(".") */
+		rc = 0;
+		if (NOT_LONE_CHAR(fileName, '.'))
+			rc = rmdir(fileName);
 	} else {
 		rc = unlink(fileName);
 	}