diff --git a/nipype/pipeline/plugins/sgegraph.py b/nipype/pipeline/plugins/sgegraph.py
index c8d97a682f..edb7d3be62 100644
--- a/nipype/pipeline/plugins/sgegraph.py
+++ b/nipype/pipeline/plugins/sgegraph.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def make_job_name(jobnumber, nodeslist):
                     if self._qsub_args.count('-o ') == 0:
                         stdoutFile = '-o {outFile}'.format(
                             outFile=batchscriptoutfile)
-                    full_line = '{jobNm}=$(qsub {outFileOption} {errFileOption} {extraQSubArgs} {dependantIndex} -N {jobNm} {batchscript} | awk \'{{print $3}}\')\n'.format(
+                    full_line = '{jobNm}=$(qsub {outFileOption} {errFileOption} {extraQSubArgs} {dependantIndex} -N {jobNm} bash {batchscript} | awk \'{{print $3}}\')\n'.format(
                         jobNm=jobname,
                         outFileOption=stdoutFile,
                         errFileOption=stderrFile,