diff --git a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
index d1ce86dccc..9279310376 100644
--- a/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
+++ b/meta/files/toolchain-shar-extract.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [ -z "$ENVCLEANED" ] && exec /usr/bin/env -i ENVCLEANED=1 HOME="$HOME" \
 	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 \
+	TERM=$TERM \
 	http_proxy="$http_proxy" https_proxy="$https_proxy" ftp_proxy="$ftp_proxy" \
 	no_proxy="$no_proxy" all_proxy="$all_proxy" GIT_PROXY_COMMAND="$GIT_PROXY_COMMAND" "$0" "$@"
 [ -f /etc/environment ] && . /etc/environment