diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/1.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4660da9532dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/composer/1.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ mkDerivation, fetchurl, makeWrapper, unzip, lib, php }:
+let
+  pname = "composer";
+  version = "1.10.15";
+in
+mkDerivation {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://getcomposer.org/download/${version}/composer.phar";
+    sha256 = "1shsxsrc2kq74s1jbq3njn9wzidcz7ak66n9vyz8z8d0hqpg37d6";
+  };
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    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" \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ unzip ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Dependency Manager for PHP";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://getcomposer.org/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ] ++ teams.php.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 3df697d3d560..49c64bf205c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
     composer2 = callPackage ../development/php-packages/composer/2.0.nix { };
 
+    composer1 = callPackage ../development/php-packages/composer/1.x.nix { };
+
     php-cs-fixer = callPackage ../development/php-packages/php-cs-fixer { };
 
     php-parallel-lint = callPackage ../development/php-packages/php-parallel-lint { };