diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell
index ddd9df8803..b82564e271 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
   echo "## ...... switch with ctrl-alt-f$TTY ...... ##"
   echo "###########################################"
 
-  exec /sbin/getty -n -l /bin/bash 38400 tty$TTY &
+  exec /sbin/getty -n -l /bin/sh 38400 tty$TTY &
 
 fi