diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index c123e09..f0b2df4 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -5425,7 +5425,7 @@ function spawnShell
 	command,   -- the shell command
 	...        -- additonal arguments
 )
-	return spawn( agent, '/bin/sh', '-c', command, '/bin/sh', ... )
+	return spawn( agent, 'sh', '-c', command, 'sh', ... )
 end