diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh
index 9f5a2b806891..88948e3253df 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!@bash@/bin/bash
 
 source "@out@"/bin/cl-wrapper.sh "${NIX_LISP_COMMAND:-$(@ls@ "@lisp@/bin"/* | @head@ -n 1)}" "$@"