diff --git a/src/frontend/com_shell.c b/src/frontend/com_shell.c
index d6f9c6f2c..3a523fc31 100644
--- a/src/frontend/com_shell.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_shell.c
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ com_shell(wordlist *wl)
     int   status;
     char *shell = NULL;
 
+#ifdef HAS_PROGREP
+    SetAnalyse("shell", 0);
+#endif
+
     shell = getenv("SHELL");
     if (shell == NULL) {
         shell = SHELL;