diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/balena-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/balena-cli/package.nix
index 497df9719dc9..0fdf0fe2e09d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/balena-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/balena-cli/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
+  balena-compose-parser,
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nodejs_24,
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ buildNpmPackage' rec {
     udev
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    cp ${lib.getExe balena-compose-parser} $out/lib/node_modules/balena-cli/node_modules/@balena/compose-parser/bin/
+  '';
+
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
     versionCheckHook
   ];