diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phpunit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ph/phpunit/package.nix
index e9c87ebbdb32..e68a56fd2ae4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phpunit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ph/phpunit/package.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
     description = "PHP Unit Testing framework";
     homepage = "https://phpunit.de";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    mainProgram = "phpunit";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.onny ] ++ lib.teams.php.members;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
index 40c6dc80fadf..905de4ccb30a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
     description = "Dependency Manager for PHP";
     homepage = "https://getcomposer.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "composer";
     maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/grumphp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/grumphp/default.nix
index 6367dd996bf2..62608a21acac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/grumphp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/grumphp/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
     description = "A PHP code-quality tool";
     homepage = "https://github.com/phpro/grumphp";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "grumphp";
     maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/psalm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/psalm/default.nix
index b6d15066f055..5463fec0d541 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/psalm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/psalm/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
     description = "A static analysis tool for finding errors in PHP applications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vimeo/psalm";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "psalm";
     maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
   };
 })