--- configure.ac	(Asterisk 13.20)
+++ configure.ac	(working copy)
@@ -283,2 +283,5 @@
 
+DOWNLOAD=
+DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT=
+DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT=
 if test "${WGET}" != ":" ; then
@@ -292,9 +295,17 @@
 else
-  AC_PATH_PROG([FETCH], [fetch], [:])
-  DOWNLOAD=${FETCH}
-  DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${FETCH} -o-"
-  DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--timeout=$(or $2,$1)'
+  AC_PATH_PROG([FETCH], [fetch], :)
+  if test "${FETCH}" != ":" ; then
+    DOWNLOAD=${FETCH}
+    DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${FETCH} -o-"
+    DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='--timeout=$(or $2,$1)'
+  else
+    AC_PATH_PROG([FTP], [ftp], :)
+    if test "${FTP}" != ":" ; then
+      DOWNLOAD=${FTP}
+      DOWNLOAD_TO_STDOUT="${FTP} -o-"
+      DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT='-q $(or $2,$1)'
+    fi
+  fi
 fi
 fi
-
 AC_SUBST(DOWNLOAD)