diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 94d58676ba..9419702efd 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ chroot_handler() {
             fi
         else
             # uunshare not available
-            xbps-uchroot ${_chargs} $XBPS_MASTERDIR /bin/xbps-shell
+            env -i PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$PATH" HOME=/tmp IN_CHROOT=1 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+                xbps-uchroot ${_chargs} $XBPS_MASTERDIR /void-packages/xbps-src $action $pkg
             rv=$?
         fi
     fi