diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Shell.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Shell.java
index 0311a1ee885..daeb56e25c5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Shell.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/Shell.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public abstract class Shell {
     String absolutePath = script.getAbsolutePath();
     return WINDOWS ?
       new String[] {"cmd", "/c", absolutePath }
-      : new String[] {"/bin/bash", bashQuote(absolutePath) };
+      : new String[] {"bash", bashQuote(absolutePath) };
   }
 
   /** a Unix command to set permission: {@value}. */