diff --git a/generic/linuxrc b/generic/linuxrc
index 133badf..4b53dea 100644
--- a/generic/linuxrc
+++ b/generic/linuxrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
 # Copyright 2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
 # Distributed under the GPL