diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix
index 14a203770f86..c9697bac36c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea-web/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, gtk2, xulrunner, zip, pkgconfig, perl, npapi_sdk }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jdk, gtk2, xulrunner, zip, pkgconfig, perl, npapi_sdk, bash }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "icedtea-web-${version}";
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace javac.in --replace '#!/usr/bin/perl' '#!${perl}/bin/perl'
+
+    configureFlags="BIN_BASH=${bash}/bin/bash $configureFlags"
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [