diff --git a/packages/termux-tools/build.sh b/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
index 201ae1815..e2baf7d49 100644
--- a/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
+++ b/packages/termux-tools/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ etc/termux-login.sh
 # Some of these packages are not dependencies and used only to ensure
 # that core packages are installed after upgrading (we removed busybox
 # from essentials).
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="bzip2, coreutils, curl, dash, diffutils, findutils, gawk, grep, gzip, less, procps, psmisc, sed, tar, termux-am, termux-am-socket, termux-exec, util-linux, xz-utils, dialog"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="bzip2, coreutils, curl, dash, diffutils, findutils, gawk, grep, gzip, less, procps, psmisc, sed, tar, termux-am, termux-am-socket, termux-exec, util-linux, xz-utils, dialog bash"
 
 # Optional packages that are distributed as part of bootstrap archives.
 TERMUX_PKG_RECOMMENDS="ed, dos2unix, inetutils, net-tools, patch, unzip"