diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/bash/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/bash/target.inc
index a0506d6758..7a6b1bee4e 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/bash/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/bash/target.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 CONFIGURE_ARGS = --without-bash-malloc
+
+#
+# Avoid aliasing with the libc 'getenv' to prevent the dynamic linker from
+# resolving libc-internal references to the bash binary, which causes
+# trouble for fork/execve.
+#
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += bash_cv_getenv_redef=no
+
 CFLAGS += -Dsh_xfree=free
 
 #