diff --git a/bin/createPhar.php b/bin/createPhar.php
index 4178a090..171ab3c5 100755
--- a/bin/createPhar.php
+++ b/bin/createPhar.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 // In order to be able to execute this script to create a Phar archive of Predis,
 // the Phar module must be loaded and the "phar.readonly" directive php.ini must
diff --git a/bin/createSingleFile.php b/bin/createSingleFile.php
index b54034e6..22ecc1e3 100755
--- a/bin/createSingleFile.php
+++ b/bin/createSingleFile.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 // This script can be used to automatically glue all the .php files of Predis
 // into a single monolithic script file that can be used without an autoloader,