diff --git a/package/bash/bash.mk b/package/bash/bash.mk
index 089d062875..03f8f286ed 100644
--- a/package/bash/bash.mk
+++ b/package/bash/bash.mk
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ endif
 endif
 
 # Make /bin/sh -> bash (no other shell, better than busybox shells)
+# Add /bin/bash to /etc/shells otherwise some login tools like dropbear
+# can reject the user connexion. See man shells.
 define BASH_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
 		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) exec_prefix=/ install
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/bashbug
+	grep -qsE '^/bin/bash' $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/shells \
+		|| echo "/bin/bash" >> $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/shells
 endef
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))