diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index df3953b030fd..92f166c9cfbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
     homepage = "https://aws.amazon.com/cli/";
     description = "Unified tool to manage your AWS services";
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    mainProgram = "aws";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }