diff --git a/app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7.ebuild b/app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7.ebuild
rename to app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7-r1.ebuild
index 73e08d6f40838..2ae133e4f41f4 100644
--- a/app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7.ebuild
+++ b/app-portage/eix/eix-0.36.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		# paths
 		--with-portage-rootpath="${ROOTPATH}"
 		--with-eprefix-default="${EPREFIX}"
+		--with-sh-shebang="${EPREFIX}/bin/sh"
 
 		# build a single executable with symlinks
 		--disable-separate-binaries