diff -up make-3.82/job.c\~ make-3.82/job.c
--- make-3.82/job.c~ 2010-08-11 16:13:33.000000000 +0200
+++ make-3.82/job.c 2010-08-12 14:20:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -2442,7 +2442,11 @@ construct_command_argv_internal (char *l
/* See if it is safe to parse commands internally. */
if (shell == 0)
- shell = default_shell;
+ {
+ shell = default_shell;
+ if (shellflags == 0)
+ shellflags = "-c";
+ }
#ifdef WINDOWS32
else if (strcmp (shell, default_shell))
{