diff --git a/gnu/packages/spice.scm b/gnu/packages/spice.scm
index 5c7b9c1674e..d85e7737fd0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/spice.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/spice.scm
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ which allows users to view a desktop computing environment.")
            python-six
            vala))
     (inputs
-     (list cyrus-sasl
+     (list bash-minimal
+           cyrus-sasl
            glib-networking
            gobject-introspection
            json-glib