diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/amazon-ec2-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/amazon-ec2-utils/default.nix
index f6e92bd5287..1225005cfb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/amazon-ec2-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/amazon-ec2-utils/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , gawk
 , python3
 , installShellFiles
+, bash
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "amazon-ec2-utils";
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   strictDeps = true;
   buildInputs = [
     python3
+    bash
   ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles