diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 66e686e..fbd6147 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+0.43-11 | 2019-10-28 22:22:26 -0700
+
+  * Prefer cmake3 in Zeek plugin configure skeleton (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
+
 0.43-10 | 2019-10-28 18:05:09 -0700
 
   * Move CMake project() after cmake_minimum_required() (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 662f639..6631e58 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. -*- mode: rst; -*-
 ..
 .. Version number is filled in automatically.
-.. |version| replace:: 0.43-10
+.. |version| replace:: 0.43-11
 
 =======================
 Zeek Auxiliary Programs
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9d758a6..1a2ea5b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.43-10
+0.43-11
diff --git a/plugin-support/skeleton/configure b/plugin-support/skeleton/configure
index b06992f..84c021e 100755
--- a/plugin-support/skeleton/configure
+++ b/plugin-support/skeleton/configure
@@ -14,21 +14,13 @@ if [ -e `dirname $0`/configure.plugin ]; then
     . `dirname $0`/configure.plugin
 fi
 
-# Check for `cmake` command.
-type cmake > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    echo "\
-This package requires CMake, please install it first, then you may
-use this configure script to access CMake equivalent functionality.\
-" >&2;
-    exit 1;
-}
-
 usage() {
 
 cat 1>&2 <<EOF
 Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
 
   Plugin Options:
+    --cmake=PATH               Path to CMake binary
     --zeek-dist=DIR            Path to Zeek source tree
     --install-root=DIR         Path where to install plugin into
     --with-binpac=DIR          Path to BinPAC installation root
@@ -73,6 +65,10 @@ while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
             usage
             ;;
 
+        --cmake=*)
+            CMakeCommand=$optarg
+            ;;
+
         --zeek-dist=*)
             zeekdist=`cd $optarg && pwd`
             ;;
@@ -120,6 +116,20 @@ while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
     shift
 done
 
+if [ -z "$CMakeCommand" ]; then
+    # prefer cmake3 over "regular" cmake (cmake == cmake2 on RHEL)
+    if command -v cmake3 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        CMakeCommand="cmake3"
+    elif command -v cmake >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+        CMakeCommand="cmake"
+    else
+        echo "This package requires CMake, please install it first."
+        echo "Then you may use this script to configure the CMake build."
+        echo "Note: pass --cmake=PATH to use cmake in non-standard locations."
+        exit 1;
+    fi
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$zeekdist" ]; then
     if type zeek-config >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        zeek_config="zeek-config"
@@ -194,7 +204,7 @@ echo "Zeek Source Directory   : $zeekdist"
 mkdir -p $builddir
 cd $builddir
 
-cmake $CMakeCacheEntries ..
+"$CMakeCommand" $CMakeCacheEntries ..
 
 echo "# This is the command used to configure this build" > config.status
 echo $command >> config.status