diff --git a/configure/E3/CONFIG_SHELL b/configure/E3/CONFIG_SHELL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8139e42d975bce9ba60a5f0242596eb49b36de5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure/E3/CONFIG_SHELL
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+SHELL = /usr/bin/bash
diff --git a/configure/modules/CONFIG b/configure/modules/CONFIG
index 31571ac1977b307e3731bd2bf6c87275de3df328..0286b58b55f41f275049d4c2c5dc56b8e7420efe 100644
--- a/configure/modules/CONFIG
+++ b/configure/modules/CONFIG
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ E3_MODULE_VERSION:=$(E3_MODULE_VERSION)$(shell [[ "$(E3_MODULE_VERSION)" =~ ^[0-
 
 include $(EPICS_BASE)/configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION
 include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG_REQUIRE
+include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG_SHELL
 include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG_CELL
 include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG_E3_PATH
 include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG_E3_MAKEFILE