diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 132dc90b5..560dab8bc 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
 
 srcdir=`dirname $0`