diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index db12bd864..7de2131e2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.5 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
+2011-11-11: wsfulton
+            Fix pcre-build.sh to work with non-compressed tarballs - problem reported by Adrian Blakely.
+
 2011-11-04: szager
 	    [python] Bug 3429388: python unsigned integer handling on 32-bit architectures.
 
diff --git a/Tools/pcre-build.sh b/Tools/pcre-build.sh
index 876a58a7e..2d991ceba 100755
--- a/Tools/pcre-build.sh
+++ b/Tools/pcre-build.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ fi
 
 echo "Looking for PCRE tarball..."
 rm -rf pcre
-pcre_tarball=`ls pcre-*.tar.*`
-test -f "$pcre_tarball" || bail "Could not find tarball"
+pcre_tarball=`ls pcre-*.tar*`
+test -n "$pcre_tarball" || bail "Could not find tarball matching pattern: pcre-*.tar*"
+test -f "$pcre_tarball" || bail "Could not find a single PCRE tarball. Found: $pcre_tarball"
 
 echo "Extracting tarball: $pcre_tarball"
 tar -xf $pcre_tarball || bail "Could not untar $pcre_tarball"