diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 170a36fee..e839a3234 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 * Fix `fd` inserting color control sequences when used over tramp.
 * [#1835](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/issues/1835): Reopening existing vterm buffer in other window
+* [#1865](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/pull/1865): `projectile-generic-command` should use `projectile-fd-executable` to find the path for fd.
 
 ## 2.7.0 (2022-11-22)
 
diff --git a/projectile.el b/projectile.el
index f7d436339..8db1b2a71 100644
--- a/projectile.el
+++ b/projectile.el
@@ -756,11 +756,8 @@ Set to nil to disable listing submodules contents."
   (cond
    ;; we prefer fd over find
    ;; note that --strip-cwd-prefix is only available in version 8.3.0+
-   ((executable-find "fd")
-    "fd . -0 --type f --color=never --strip-cwd-prefix")
-   ;; fd's executable is named fdfind is some Linux distros (e.g. Ubuntu)
-   ((executable-find "fdfind")
-    "fdfind . -0 --type f --color=never --strip-cwd-prefix")
+   (projectile-fd-executable
+    (format "%s . -0 --type f --color=never --strip-cwd-prefix" projectile-fd-executable))
    ;; with find we have to be careful to strip the ./ from the paths
    ;; see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2596462/how-to-strip-leading-in-unix-find
    (t "find . -type f | cut -c3- | tr '\\n' '\\0'"))