diff --git a/utils/awesome-client b/utils/awesome-client
index ea3971cb..044ecae3 100755
--- a/utils/awesome-client
+++ b/utils/awesome-client
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # rlwrap provides readline to stuff which doesn't know readline by itself
 RLWRAP=`which rlwrap 2>/dev/null`