diff --git a/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp b/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
index 3d5b9052911..14e4872362d 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
+++ b/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ void Stream::setTimeout(unsigned long timeout)  // sets the maximum number of mi
   _timeout = timeout;
 }
 
+// find returns true if the target character is found
+bool Stream::find(char target)
+{
+    int c = 0;
+    do {
+        c = timedRead();
+        if ((char)c == target)
+            return true;
+    } while (c >= 0);
+    // if c is -1, it means a timeout occured
+    return false;
+}
+
  // find returns true if the target string is found
 bool  Stream::find(char *target)
 {
diff --git a/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.h b/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.h
index 13f11bee022..bc03877eb3e 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/cores/arduino/Stream.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class Stream : public Print
   private:
     unsigned long _timeout;      // number of milliseconds to wait for the next char before aborting timed read
     unsigned long _startMillis;  // used for timeout measurement
-    int timedRead();    // private method to read stream with timeout
-    int timedPeek();    // private method to peek stream with timeout
     int peekNextDigit(); // returns the next numeric digit in the stream or -1 if timeout
 
   public:
@@ -56,6 +54,9 @@ class Stream : public Print
 
   void setTimeout(unsigned long timeout);  // sets maximum milliseconds to wait for stream data, default is 1 second
 
+  bool find(char target);   // reads data from the stream until the target character is found
+  // returns true if target character is found, false if timed out (see setTimeout)
+
   bool find(char *target);   // reads data from the stream until the target string is found
   // returns true if target string is found, false if timed out (see setTimeout)
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ class Stream : public Print
   // Arduino String functions to be added here
 
   protected:
+  int timedRead();    // private method to read stream with timeout
+  int timedPeek();    // private method to peek stream with timeout
   long parseInt(char skipChar); // as above but the given skipChar is ignored
   // as above but the given skipChar is ignored
   // this allows format characters (typically commas) in values to be ignored