diff --git a/lib/cretonne/meta/check.sh b/lib/cretonne/meta/check.sh
index aa0e88ce1e..fa86bf0804 100755
--- a/lib/cretonne/meta/check.sh
+++ b/lib/cretonne/meta/check.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 cd $(dirname "$0")
 
-runif() {
+function runif() {
     if command -v "$1" > /dev/null; then
         echo "   === $1 ==="
         "$@"