diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43509373f37a20c1a2315bcc4a45c06f93cd1a8b..67640639d8f3bed28e9dbf226c8a138fdb4f712f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1526,7 +1526,8 @@ quiet_cmd_rmfiles = $(if $(wildcard $(rm-files)),CLEAN   $(wildcard $(rm-files))
 
 # Run depmod only if we have System.map and depmod is executable
 quiet_cmd_depmod = DEPMOD  $(KERNELRELEASE)
-      cmd_depmod = $(srctree)/scripts/depmod.sh $(DEPMOD) $(KERNELRELEASE)
+      cmd_depmod = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/depmod.sh $(DEPMOD) \
+                   $(KERNELRELEASE)
 
 # Create temporary dir for module support files
 # clean it up only when building all modules