diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 9c42dde97671..c3feb657b654 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX  $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4)
 	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 	BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \
 	$(PYTHON3) $(srctree)/scripts/jobserver-exec \
-	$(SHELL) $(srctree)/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh \
+	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/Documentation/sphinx/parallel-wrapper.sh \
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) \
 	-b $2 \
 	-c $(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)) \