diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/ICU/package.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/ICU/package.nix
index ff9bab6c9ceee..134002567ecd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/ICU/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/apple-source-releases/ICU/package.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ let
     ];
 
     preConfigure = ''
+      sed -i -e "s|/bin/sh|${stdenv.shell}|" configure
       patchShebangs --build .
       # $(includedir) is different from $(prefix)/include due to multiple outputs
       sed -i -e 's|^\(CPPFLAGS = .*\) -I\$(prefix)/include|\1 -I$(includedir)|' config/Makefile.inc.in