diff -u -r ../mc-4.8.33/lib/shell.c ./lib/shell.c
--- ../mc-4.8.33/lib/shell.c	2025-01-15 16:52:17.000000000 +0000
+++ ./lib/shell.c	2025-01-28 00:48:01.888138231 +0000
@@ -66,38 +66,38 @@
     mc_shell = g_new0 (mc_shell_t, 1);
 
     /* 3rd choice: look for existing shells supported as MC subshells.  */
-    if (access ("/bin/bash", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/bash");
-    else if (access ("/bin/zsh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/zsh");
-    else if (access ("/bin/oksh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/oksh");
-    else if (access ("/bin/ksh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/ksh");
-    else if (access ("/bin/ksh93", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/ksh93");
-    else if (access ("/bin/ash", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/ash");
-    else if (access ("/bin/dash", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/dash");
-    else if (access ("/bin/busybox", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/busybox");
-    else if (access ("/bin/tcsh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/tcsh");
-    else if (access ("/bin/csh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/csh");
-    else if (access ("/bin/mksh", X_OK) == 0)
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/mksh");
+    if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/bash");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/zsh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/zsh");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/oksh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/oksh");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ksh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ksh");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ksh93", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ksh93");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ash", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/ash");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/dash", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/dash");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/busybox", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/busybox");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/tcsh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/tcsh");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/csh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/csh");
+    else if (access ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/mksh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/mksh");
     /* No fish as fallback because it is so much different from other shells and
      * in a way exotic (even though user-friendly by name) that we should not
      * present it as a subshell without the user's explicit intention. We rather
      * will not use a subshell but just a command line.
-     * else if (access("/bin/fish", X_OK) == 0)
-     *     mc_global.tty.shell = g_strdup ("/bin/fish");
+     * else if (access("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/fish", X_OK) == 0)
+     *     mc_global.tty.shell = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/fish");
      */
     else
         /* Fallback and last resort: system default shell */
-        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/sh");
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh");
 
     return mc_shell;
 }