diff --git a/xmlto.spec b/xmlto.spec
index c064425..121f1dc 100644
--- a/xmlto.spec
+++ b/xmlto.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A tool for converting XML files to various formats
 Name: xmlto
 Version: 0.0.23
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/System
 #Older versions up to xmlto-0.0.20
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ xhtml1 source format.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure
+%configure BASH=/bin/bash
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 24 2009 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 0.0.23-2
+- ensure the default shell is /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh
+
 * Mon Sep 21 2009 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 0.0.23-1
 - New version 0.0.23
 - added autodetection for more common tools like