diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/files/nftables-1.1.6-bash.patch b/net-firewall/nftables/files/nftables-1.1.6-bash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..87d3b16b151df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/files/nftables-1.1.6-bash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/commit/?id=2e3c68f26d5bd60c8ea7467fa9018c282a7d8c47
+
+From 2e3c68f26d5bd60c8ea7467fa9018c282a7d8c47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Palus <jpalus@fastmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 00:43:58 +0100
+Subject: build: fix ./configure with non-bash shell
+
+ CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/dash ./configure
+
+breaks with:
+
+ ./config.status: 2044: Syntax error: Bad for loop variable
+
+Fixes: 64c07e38f049 ("table: Embed creating nft version into userdata")
+Signed-off-by: Jan Palus <jpalus@fastmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+---
+ configure.ac | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 6825474b..dd172e88 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([nftversion.h], [
+ 	echo "	${STABLE_RELEASE}"
+ 	echo "};"
+ 	echo "static char nftbuildstamp[[]] = {"
+-	for ((i = 56; i >= 0; i-= 8)); do
++	for i in `seq 56 -8 0`; do
+ 		echo "	((uint64_t)MAKE_STAMP >> $i) & 0xff,"
+ 	done
+ 	echo "};"
+-- 
+cgit v1.2.3
diff --git a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.1.6.ebuild b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.1.6.ebuild
index 2ab9a8b89694f..564896654bf0d 100644
--- a/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.1.6.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/nftables/nftables-1.1.6.ebuild
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with xtables)
 	)
 
-	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+	# bash until 1.1.7 (https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/commit/?id=2e3c68f26d5bd60c8ea7467fa9018c282a7d8c47)
+	CONFIG_SHELL="${BROOT}"/bin/bash econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
 
 	if use python; then
 		pushd py >/dev/null || die