diff --git a/crates/agent_servers/src/acp.rs b/crates/agent_servers/src/acp.rs
index abc8c62df066226817961d4be68d6d6a9d14a576..7df318793a141434114dd2b9ddc027043ac9c074 100644
--- a/crates/agent_servers/src/acp.rs
+++ b/crates/agent_servers/src/acp.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use project::Project;
 use project::agent_server_store::AgentServerCommand;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use task::Shell;
-use util::ResultExt as _;
+use util::{ResultExt as _, get_default_system_shell_preferring_bash};
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{any::Any, cell::RefCell};
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ impl acp::Client for ClientDelegate {
                     .and_then(|r| r.read(cx).default_system_shell())
                     .map(Shell::Program)
             })?
-            .unwrap_or(task::Shell::System);
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| Shell::Program(get_default_system_shell_preferring_bash()));
         let is_windows = project
             .read_with(&self.cx, |project, cx| project.path_style(cx).is_windows())
             .unwrap_or(cfg!(windows));