diff --git a/shutils/configure_funcs.sh b/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
index 4eea83af8bf..9d224cc9fec 100644
--- a/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
+++ b/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ configure_src_phase()
 	# Packages using GNU autoconf
 	#
 	if [ "$build_style" = "gnu_configure" ]; then
-		${configure_script}				\
+		env CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh ${configure_script}	\
 			--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc		\
 			--infodir=/usr/share/info		\
 			--mandir=/usr/share/man			\