diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/sops/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/sops/default.nix
index 6a1dc84fe11f..1c1b05897360 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/sops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/sops/default.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/getsops/sops";
     description = "Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets";
     changelog = "https://github.com/getsops/sops/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    mainProgram = "sops";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
     license = licenses.mpl20;
   };