diff -u -r ../postgresql-9.6.2/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c ./src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
--- ../postgresql-9.6.2/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c	2017-02-06 22:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c	2017-03-05 14:47:06.985823535 +0100
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 		snprintf(cmd, MAXPGPATH, "exec \"%s\" %s%s < \"%s\" 2>&1",
 				 exec_path, pgdata_opt, post_opts, DEVNULL);
 
-	(void) execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, (char *) NULL);
+	(void) execl("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, (char *) NULL);
 
 	/* exec failed */
 	write_stderr(_("%s: could not start server: %s\n"),