diff --git a/standalone/android/runshell b/standalone/android/runshell
index 1211cbcbae..8e6c12462a 100755
--- a/standalone/android/runshell
+++ b/standalone/android/runshell
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ run () {
 		shift 1
 		exec "$cmd" "$@"
 	else
-		$cmd sh
+		/system/bin/sh
 	fi
 }