diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/build b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
index 9fd488499b..70237575f1 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/bash/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+bash_cv_job_control_missing=present \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --bindir=/bin \
             --with-gnu-ld \
-            --disable-job-control \
+            --enable-job-control \
             --without-bash-malloc \
             --without-installed-readline \
             --disable-nls \