diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile b/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
index ff24e20..13fad0c 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include ../../dotfiles.mk
 
+SHELL = bash
+
 .SECONDARY:
 
 AUTOLOADS_FILE = site-lisp/site-autoloads.el