diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/process.clj b/src/babashka/impl/process.clj
index 3dad4a91..6bc455cc 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/process.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/process.clj
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@
    '*defaults*  defaults
    'destroy     (copy-var process/destroy tns)
    'destroy-tree (copy-var process/destroy-tree tns)
-   'exec (copy-var process/exec tns)})
+   'exec (copy-var process/exec tns)
+   'shell (copy-var process/shell tns)})