diff --git a/utils/blocks.php b/utils/blocks.php
index 602df0bc..761ab9e4 100755
--- a/utils/blocks.php
+++ b/utils/blocks.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/country_languages.php b/utils/country_languages.php
index 19ad25b8..b1a7ab11 100755
--- a/utils/country_languages.php
+++ b/utils/country_languages.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/export.php b/utils/export.php
index 13f062d4..aafb3759 100755
--- a/utils/export.php
+++ b/utils/export.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
     // Script to extract structured city and street data
     // from a running nominatim instance as CSV data
diff --git a/utils/imports.php b/utils/imports.php
index 07bc9c45..9d1085f0 100755
--- a/utils/imports.php
+++ b/utils/imports.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/query.php b/utils/query.php
index 53ce176c..e3e2e7b8 100755
--- a/utils/query.php
+++ b/utils/query.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/server_compare.php b/utils/server_compare.php
index 39016d07..0a27c484 100755
--- a/utils/server_compare.php
+++ b/utils/server_compare.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 $sFile = 'sample.log.txt'; // Apache log file
diff --git a/utils/setup.php b/utils/setup.php
index 95eda0f4..d8cceba4 100755
--- a/utils/setup.php
+++ b/utils/setup.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/specialphrases.php b/utils/specialphrases.php
index 8378b373..7d22df50 100755
--- a/utils/specialphrases.php
+++ b/utils/specialphrases.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/update.php b/utils/update.php
index c70bdf54..46f70062 100755
--- a/utils/update.php
+++ b/utils/update.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');
diff --git a/utils/warm.php b/utils/warm.php
index 0ac13c46..653bcf10 100755
--- a/utils/warm.php
+++ b/utils/warm.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -Cq
+#!@PHP_BIN@ -Cq
 <?php
 
 require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)).'/settings/settings.php');