diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Common.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Common.pm
index 79c905d..5a4b4dc 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Common.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Common.pm
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ sub logger_plus_stderr {
 
     sub tsh_try {
         my $cmd = shift; die "try: expects only one argument" if @_;
-        $text = `( $cmd ) 2>&1; echo -n RC=\$?`;
+        $text = `( $cmd ) 2>&1; /bin/echo -n RC=\$?`;
         if ( $text =~ s/RC=(\d+)$// ) {
             $rc = $1;
             trace( 3, $text );
diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Test/Tsh.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Test/Tsh.pm
index 3281a34..581a844 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Test/Tsh.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Test/Tsh.pm
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ sub _sh {
     # TODO: switch to IPC::Open3 or something...?
 
     dbg( 4, "  running: ( $cmd ) 2>&1" );
-    $text = `( $cmd ) 2>&1; echo -n RC=\$?`;
+    $text = `( $cmd ) 2>&1; /bin/echo -n RC=\$?`;
     $lec  = $cmd;
     dbg( 4, "  results:\n$text" );