diff --git a/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
index dd27fe1f7a..82812dd6b7 100644
--- a/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/eglibc/package.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ if [ "$XBMCPLAYER_DRIVER" = "bcm2835-driver" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="$PKG_DEPENDS_INIT arm-mem:init"
 fi
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--libexecdir=/usr/lib/eglibc \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="BASH_SHELL=/bin/sh
+                           --libexecdir=/usr/lib/eglibc \
                            --cache-file=config.cache \
                            --disable-profile \
                            --disable-sanity-checks \