diff --git a/package/base/sysfiles/etc_profile.txt b/package/base/sysfiles/etc_profile.txt
index 9e7f6c098..525730849 100644
--- a/package/base/sysfiles/etc_profile.txt
+++ b/package/base/sysfiles/etc_profile.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 # determine the effective user id
 # note that bash defines EUID as a read-only variable for this purpose
-_EUID="$( id -u )"
+_EUID="$( /usr/bin/id -u )"
 
 # set the PATH-variable
 export PATH=""