--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY,      toggletag,      {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
 
 /* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
-#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
+#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
 /* commands */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };