diff --git a/tasks/updatejail.yml b/tasks/updatejail.yml
index 8d904164979bf50c7e2c52cb1246b1cacbe6e01a..455aa971fbfff9579485196d0ca8ed8462831419 100644
--- a/tasks/updatejail.yml
+++ b/tasks/updatejail.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       value: '/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh'
       user: '{{ drupal.jail.name }}'
 
+  - name: "Ensure proper symlink for PHP executable in Jail"
+    file:
+      src: '/usr/bin/php{{ php_version }}'
+      dest: '{{ jailroot }}/{{ drupal.jail.name }}/etc/alternatives/php'
+      state: 'link'
+
   tags:
     - 'UpdateJails'
     - 'shells'
diff --git a/templates/jk_init.ini b/templates/jk_init.ini
index c9bd7fcdbbd6afe4710913b545f789bd8b66990b..41d446f0940c5260e14b682de9fc786340ae8284 100644
--- a/templates/jk_init.ini
+++ b/templates/jk_init.ini
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ comment = the php interpreter and libraries
 executables = /usr/local/bin/php
 directories = /usr/lib/php5, /usr/share/php, /usr/share/php5, /etc/php5, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /usr/local/lib/php/extensions
 {% elif php_version_main|default('7') == '7' %}
-executables = /usr/bin/php
+executables = /usr/bin/php*
 directories = /usr/lib/php, /usr/share/php, /usr/share/php{{php_version|default("7.0")}}-*, /etc/php, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml*
 {% else %}
 executables = /usr/bin/php5