diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 44a1d91e..bfa13773 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/deploy/package.sh b/deploy/package.sh
index 8c5eb4f3..16d6525b 100755
--- a/deploy/package.sh
+++ b/deploy/package.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 #
 # usage: just run this script (after having run build.sh)
diff --git a/src/qt/preconfig.sh b/src/qt/preconfig.sh
index f42989ec..0ca56e0e 100755
--- a/src/qt/preconfig.sh
+++ b/src/qt/preconfig.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 COMPILE_JOBS=4
 
diff --git a/tools/crash-report.sh b/tools/crash-report.sh
index be8abec6..49639177 100755
--- a/tools/crash-report.sh
+++ b/tools/crash-report.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 `dirname $0`/../src/breakpad/src/processor/minidump_stackwalk $1 `dirname $0`/../symbols
diff --git a/tools/dump-symbols.sh b/tools/dump-symbols.sh
index 89bf724e..e42aac5e 100755
--- a/tools/dump-symbols.sh
+++ b/tools/dump-symbols.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Generates debugging symbols for breakpad. qt and phantomjs must have
 # been compiled in debug mode. So do:
diff --git a/tools/import-breakpad.sh b/tools/import-breakpad.sh
index 51f7aee9..7947009d 100755
--- a/tools/import-breakpad.sh
+++ b/tools/import-breakpad.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 svn export http://google-breakpad.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ src/breakpad
 
diff --git a/tools/import-linenoise.sh b/tools/import-linenoise.sh
index 2397c802..507fe3ae 100755
--- a/tools/import-linenoise.sh
+++ b/tools/import-linenoise.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 LINENOISE_PATH="$PWD/../src/linenoise"
 LINENOISE_SRC_PATH="$LINENOISE_PATH/src"
diff --git a/tools/import-qt.sh b/tools/import-qt.sh
index ba4f8f40..9eb4c431 100755
--- a/tools/import-qt.sh
+++ b/tools/import-qt.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 QT_FOLDER=$PWD/../src/qt
 
diff --git a/tools/preconfig.sh b/tools/preconfig.sh
index d5fb4e1a..21d03db3 100755
--- a/tools/preconfig.sh
+++ b/tools/preconfig.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 COMPILE_JOBS=4