diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index d3e8e73afe..8634649f7c 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ fn main() {
         Task::ready(())
     } else {
         app.background_executor().spawn(async {
+            #[cfg(unix)]
+            {
+                load_shell_from_passwd().await.log_err();
+            }
             load_login_shell_environment().await.log_err();
         })
     };
@@ -678,6 +682,56 @@ fn init_stdout_logger() {
         })
         .init();
 }
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+async fn load_shell_from_passwd() -> Result<()> {
+    let buflen = match unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) } {
+        n if n < 0 => 1024,
+        n => n as usize,
+    };
+    let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(buflen);
+
+    let mut pwd: std::mem::MaybeUninit<libc::passwd> = std::mem::MaybeUninit::uninit();
+    let mut result: *mut libc::passwd = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
+    let status = unsafe {
+        libc::getpwuid_r(
+            uid,
+            pwd.as_mut_ptr(),
+            buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut libc::c_char,
+            buflen,
+            &mut result,
+        )
+    };
+    let entry = unsafe { pwd.assume_init() };
+
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        status == 0,
+        "call to getpwuid_r failed. uid: {}, status: {}",
+        uid,
+        status
+    );
+    anyhow::ensure!(!result.is_null(), "passwd entry for uid {} not found", uid);
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        entry.pw_uid == uid,
+        "passwd entry has different uid ({}) than getuid ({}) returned",
+        entry.pw_uid,
+        uid,
+    );
+
+    let shell = unsafe { std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(entry.pw_shell).to_str().unwrap() };
+    if env::var("SHELL").map_or(true, |shell_env| shell_env != shell) {
+        log::info!(
+            "updating SHELL environment variable to value from passwd entry: {:?}",
+            shell,
+        );
+        env::set_var("SHELL", shell);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn load_login_shell_environment() -> Result<()> {
     let marker = "ZED_LOGIN_SHELL_START";
     let shell = env::var("SHELL").context(