diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
index ab89dc28828b..de8efd5af270 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/4.4.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, buildPackages
-, fetchurl, binutils ? null, bison, autoconf
+, fetchurl, binutils ? null, bison, autoconf, utillinux
 , buildPlatform, hostPlatform
 
 # patch for cygwin requires readline support
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "SHOBJ_LIBS=-lbash"
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = [ utillinux ];
+  doCheck = false; # dependency cycle, needs to be interactive
+
   postInstall = ''
     ln -s bash "$out/bin/sh"
     rm -f $out/lib/bash/Makefile.inc