diff --git a/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess.cpp
index 0edcd131638..25e30214e18 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ bool ConsoleProcess::start()
                                  " is currently not supported."));
             return false;
         }
-        pcmd = QLatin1String("/bin/sh");
+        pcmd = qEnvironmentVariable("SHELL", "/bin/sh");
         pargs = QtcProcess::Arguments::createUnixArgs(
                         {"-c", (QtcProcess::quoteArg(d->m_commandLine.executable().toString())
                          + ' ' + d->m_commandLine.arguments())});
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
index 15568d602eb..b9696524c8f 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ bool QtcProcess::prepareCommand(const QString &command, const QString &arguments
         } else {
             if (err != QtcProcess::FoundMeta)
                 return false;
-            *outCmd = QLatin1String("/bin/sh");
+            *outCmd = qEnvironmentVariable("SHELL", "/bin/sh");
             *outArgs = Arguments::createUnixArgs(
                         QStringList({"-c", (quoteArg(command) + ' ' + arguments)}));
         }