diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index bf79adc0179..ba4ce18f04d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ let
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       install -D $src $out/libexec/composer/composer.phar
       makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/composer \
-        --add-flags "$out/libexec/composer/composer.phar"
+        --add-flags "$out/libexec/composer/composer.phar" \
+        --prefix PATH : ${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.unzip ]}
     '';
 
     meta = with pkgs.lib; {