diff --git a/scripts/zimport.sh b/scripts/zimport.sh
index eeaec11cf0..8a6cdf05d1 100755
--- a/scripts/zimport.sh
+++ b/scripts/zimport.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # Verify that an assortment of known good reference pools can be imported
 # using different versions of the ZoL code.