diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 2fa748716e..b8b2c7cd9d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ do_configure()
 	# Do not run fixincludes
 	sed -i 's@\./fixinc\.sh@-c true@' gcc/Makefile.in
 
-	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+	CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash ./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
 		--enable-clocale=gnu --disable-bootstrap --libdir=/usr/lib \
 		--enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-multilib \
 		--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,go,lto --enable-tls \