diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index 67bd8b4bb83abd62913392084ce7a9cf8851079a..05e44d895f24b2fd401f38bc1e94b5c8909aaec7 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # vim:textwidth=80:tabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:smartindent:autoindent
 
 CLIARGS="$*"				# Grab any args passed to safe_asterisk