diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95133383d..983a061f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #
 #
 
+SHELL = /bin/bash
+
 # Decide to use which kernel src. If not specified, is current running kernel.
 #export KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6
 
diff --git a/iscsi-scst/Makefile b/iscsi-scst/Makefile
index dff281e38..f756709ea 100644
--- a/iscsi-scst/Makefile
+++ b/iscsi-scst/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # removes any old dependencies. DON'T put your own dependencies here
 # unless it's something special (not a .c file).
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 SUBDIRS := $(shell pwd)
 
 #SCST_INC_DIR := /usr/local/include/scst
diff --git a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/Makefile b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/Makefile
index 202d5c8f2..aae42e957 100644
--- a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/Makefile
+++ b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #    - install and uninstall must be made as root
 #
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 #SCST_INC_DIR := /usr/local/include/scst
 #SCST_DIR := $(SCST_INC_DIR)
 SCST_INC_DIR := $(SUBDIRS)/../../scst/include
diff --git a/scst/Makefile b/scst/Makefile
index 4e5113d05..672b2c8f7 100644
--- a/scst/Makefile
+++ b/scst/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #
 #
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
 # Decide to use which kernel src. If not specified, is current running kernel.
 #export KDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6
 
diff --git a/scst/src/Makefile b/scst/src/Makefile
index feb26ac4d..09a9b65f0 100644
--- a/scst/src/Makefile
+++ b/scst/src/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #    - install and uninstall must be made as root
 #
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 DEV_HANDLERS_DIR = dev_handlers
 
 ifneq ($(PATCHLEVEL),)
diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/Makefile b/scst/src/dev_handlers/Makefile
index 7c370aca4..b347583e8 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/Makefile
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #    - install and uninstall must be made as root
 #
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 ifneq ($(PATCHLEVEL),)
 SCST_INC_DIR := $(SUBDIRS)/../include
 
diff --git a/usr/fileio/Makefile b/usr/fileio/Makefile
index a8cff36c5..a362203fd 100644
--- a/usr/fileio/Makefile
+++ b/usr/fileio/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 #  GNU General Public License for more details.
 
+SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 SRCS_F = fileio.c common.c debug.c
 OBJS_F = $(SRCS_F:.c=.o)