diff --git a/dev-lang/spidermonkey/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/spidermonkey/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r1.ebuild
index 9652ecde83f3c..1cf651bf5db7b 100644
--- a/dev-lang/spidermonkey/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/spidermonkey/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r1.ebuild
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable jit ion) \
 		$(use_enable test tests) \
 		XARGS="/usr/bin/xargs" \
-		SHELL="${SHELL:-${EPREFIX}/bin/bash}" \
+		CONFIG_SHELL="${SHELL:-${EPREFIX}/bin/bash}" \
 		CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" LD="${LD}" AR="${AR}" RANLIB="${RANLIB}"
 }