diff --git a/tests/ts/chfn/gecos b/tests/ts/chfn/gecos
index 159ceff71..aad27d40a 100755
--- a/tests/ts/chfn/gecos
+++ b/tests/ts/chfn/gecos
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ts_check_prog "useradd"
 ts_check_prog "userdel"
 
 ts_log "Initialize user"
-useradd -u 9899 testuser_chfn_test
+useradd -u 9899 --shell /bin/bash testuser_chfn_test
 grep testuser /etc/passwd >> $TS_OUTPUT
 $TS_CMD_CHFN -f test_gecos testuser_chfn_test >>$TS_OUTPUT
 grep testuser /etc/passwd >> $TS_OUTPUT