diff --git a/test/run b/test/run
index 1f921e7a1b..00cfede662 100755
--- a/test/run
+++ b/test/run
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 # license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ do
 		export F=$(basename $i .go)
 		export D=$dir
 		sed '/^\/\//!q' $i | sed 's@//@@; $d' |sed 's|./\$A.out|$E &|' >$RUNFILE
-		if ! /usr/bin/time -p sh -c "sh $RUNFILE >$TMP1FILE 2>&1" 2>$TMP2FILE
+		if ! time -p bash -c "bash $RUNFILE >$TMP1FILE 2>&1" 2>$TMP2FILE
 		then
 			echo
 			echo "===========" $i