diff --git a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
index 57b3339b..80d1869f 100644
--- a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ with builtins;
     "openssh"
   ],
 
+  bashInteractive,
+
   busybox,
   cacert ? pkgs.cacert,
   compression ? "zstd -19 -T0",
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ let
   nixStatic = packStaticBin "${inp.nixStatic}/bin/nix";
   proot = packStaticBin "${inp.proot}/bin/proot";
   zstd = packStaticBin "${inp.zstd}/bin/zstd";
+  bash = packStaticBin "${inp.bashInteractive}/bin/bash";
 
   # the default nix store contents to extract when first used
   storeTar = maketar ([ cacert nix nixpkgsSrc ] ++ lib.optional (bundledPackage != null) bundledPackage);
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ let
       ${installBin proot "proot"}
       ${installBin bwrap "bwrap"}
       ${installBin nixStatic "nix"}
+      ${installBin bash "bash"}
 
       # install ssl cert bundle
       unzip -poj "\$self" ${ lib.removePrefix "/" "${caBundleZstd}"} | \$dir/bin/zstd -d > \$dir/ca-bundle.crt
@@ -339,6 +343,7 @@ let
       toBind="\$toBind \$dir/busybox/bin /bin"
       # provide /bin/sh via the shipped busybox
       toBind="\$toBind \$dir/busybox/bin/busybox /bin/sh"
+      toBind="\$toBind \$dir/bin/bash /bin/bash"
 
       # on termux, make sure termux packages still work inside the nix-portable environment
       if [ -n "\$TERMUX_VERSION" ]; then
@@ -634,6 +639,7 @@ let
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${proot}/bin/proot
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${zstd}/bin/zstd
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${storeTar}/tar
+    $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${bash}/bin/bash
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${caBundleZstd}
 
     # create fingerprint