diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
index 1f34c513541b..acc7547ca229 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/va/valkey/package.nix
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+  passthru.serverBin = "valkey-server";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://valkey.io/";
     description = "High-performance data structure server that primarily serves key/value workloads";