diff --git a/tests/hghave.py b/tests/hghave.py
--- a/tests/hghave.py
+++ b/tests/hghave.py
@@ -1129,3 +1129,8 @@
         return True
     except ImportError:
         return False
+
+
+@check("bash", "bash shell")
+def has_bash():
+    return matchoutput("bash -c 'echo hi'", b'^hi$')
diff --git a/tests/test-transaction-rollback-on-sigpipe.t b/tests/test-transaction-rollback-on-sigpipe.t
--- a/tests/test-transaction-rollback-on-sigpipe.t
+++ b/tests/test-transaction-rollback-on-sigpipe.t
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#require bash
 Test that, when an hg push is interrupted and the remote side recieves SIGPIPE,
 the remote hg is able to successfully roll back the transaction.