diff --git a/findutils/Config.in b/findutils/Config.in
index 3143bd438..10dc72e29 100644
--- a/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/findutils/Config.in
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
 	  and various repetition operators.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS
-	bool "  Alias fgrep to grep -f"
+	bool "  Alias fgrep to grep -F"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_GREP
 	help
-          fgrep sees the search pattern as a normal string rather than
+	  fgrep sees the search pattern as a normal string rather than
 	  regular expressions.
-	  grep -f is always builtin, this just creates the fgrep alias.
+	  grep -F is always builtin, this just creates the fgrep alias.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_CONTEXT
 	bool "  Enable before and after context flags (-A, -B and -C)"
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 9b26add9a..a8fd2d41a 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ extern int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if(opt & GREP_OPT_f)
 		load_regexes_from_file(fopt);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS
+	if(bb_applet_name[0] == 'f')
+		fgrep_flag = 1;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_GREP_EGREP_ALIAS
 	if(bb_applet_name[0] == 'e' || (opt & GREP_OPT_E))
 		reflags = REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB;