diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/chsh b/packages/termux-tools/chsh
index edc7abf31..08bd02e5e 100755
--- a/packages/termux-tools/chsh
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/chsh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ show_usage () {
 }
 
 set_shell () {
+	if [ "$1" = login ]; then
+		echo "login is not a valid shell"
+		exit 1
+	fi
 	mkdir -p $HOME/.termux
 	NEW_SHELL=$PREFIX/bin/$1
 	if test -x $NEW_SHELL -a ! -d $NEW_SHELL; then