1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index 6c54e1a8f..cf3323090 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct globals {
         const char *log_filename;
         const char *crontab_dir_name; /* = CRONTABS; */
         CronFile *cron_files;
+        char *default_shell;
 #if SETENV_LEAKS
         char *env_var_user;
         char *env_var_home;
@@ -700,7 +701,7 @@ fork_job(const char *user, int mailFd, CronLine *line, bool run_sendmail)
                 goto err;
         }
 
-        shell = line->cl_shell ? line->cl_shell : DEFAULT_SHELL;
+        shell = line->cl_shell ? line->cl_shell : G.default_shell;
         prog = run_sendmail ? SENDMAIL : shell;
 
         set_env_vars(pas, shell);
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@ static pid_t start_one_job(const char *user, CronLine *line)
         }
 
         /* Prepare things before vfork */
-        shell = line->cl_shell ? line->cl_shell : DEFAULT_SHELL;
+        shell = line->cl_shell ? line->cl_shell : G.default_shell;
         set_env_vars(pas, shell);
 
         /* Fork as the user in question and run program */
@@ -1045,6 +1046,10 @@ int crond_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         reopen_logfile_to_stderr();
         xchdir(G.crontab_dir_name);
+        /* $SHELL, or current UID's shell, or DEFAULT_SHELL */
+        /* Useful on Android where DEFAULT_SHELL /bin/sh may not exist */
+        G.default_shell = xstrdup(get_shell_name());
+
         log8("crond (busybox "BB_VER") started, log level %d", G.log_level);
         rescan_crontab_dir();
         write_pidfile(CONFIG_PID_FILE_PATH "/crond.pid");