diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/Generator.php b/src/Composer2Nix/Generator.php
index c15a3b9..6523a9c 100644
--- a/src/Composer2Nix/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/Generator.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Generator
 			return "./".$target;
 	}
 
-	private static function generatePackagesExpression($outputFile, $name, $preferredInstall, array $packages, $executable, $symlinkDependencies)
+	private static function generatePackagesExpression(array $config, $outputFile, $name, $preferredInstall, array $packages, $executable, $symlinkDependencies)
 	{
 		$handle = fopen($outputFile, "w");
 
@@ -136,6 +136,27 @@ class Generator
 			$dependencies[$package["name"]] = $dependency;
 		}
 
+		/* Compose meta properties */
+		$meta = array();
+
+		if(array_key_exists("homepage", $config))
+			$meta["homepage"] = $config["homepage"];
+
+		if(array_key_exists("license", $config))
+		{
+			if(is_string($config["license"]))
+				$meta["license"] = $config["license"];
+			else if(is_array($config["license"]))
+			{
+				if(count($config["license"]) > 0)
+					$meta["license"] = $config["license"][0];
+
+				for($i = 1; $i < count($config["license"]); $i++)
+					$meta["license"] .= ", ".$config["license"][$i];
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Compose package function invocation */
 		$expr = new NixFunction(array(
 			"composerEnv" => new NixNoDefault(),
 			"fetchurl" => new NixNoDefault(),
@@ -149,7 +170,8 @@ class Generator
 			"src" => new NixFile("./."),
 			"executable" => $executable,
 			"dependencies" => new NixInherit(),
-			"symlinkDependencies" => $symlinkDependencies
+			"symlinkDependencies" => $symlinkDependencies,
+			"meta" => new NixAttrSet($meta)
 		))));
 
 		$exprStr = NixGenerator::phpToNix($expr, true);
@@ -240,7 +262,7 @@ class Generator
 			$packages = array();
 
 		/* Generate packages expression */
-		Generator::generatePackagesExpression($outputFile, $name, $preferredInstall, $packages, $executable, $symlinkDependencies);
+		Generator::generatePackagesExpression($config, $outputFile, $name, $preferredInstall, $packages, $executable, $symlinkDependencies);
 
 		/* Generate composition expression */
 		Generator::generateCompositionExpression($compositionFile, $outputFile, $composerEnvFile);
diff --git a/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix b/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
index a588968..52101a1 100644
--- a/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
+++ b/src/Composer2Nix/composer-env.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rec {
       '';
     };
 
-  buildPackage = { name, src, dependencies ? [], symlinkDependencies ? false, executable ? false, removeComposerArtifacts ? false, postInstall ? ""}@args:
+  buildPackage = { name, src, dependencies ? [], symlinkDependencies ? false, executable ? false, removeComposerArtifacts ? false, postInstall ? "", ...}@args:
     let
       reconstructInstalled = writeTextFile {
         name = "reconstructinstalled.php";
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ rec {
               if(array_key_exists("bin", $config))
               {
                   mkdir("vendor/".$binDir);
-                  
+
                   foreach($config["bin"] as $bin)
                       symlink("../../".$bin, "vendor/".$binDir."/".basename($bin));
               }
@@ -186,7 +186,30 @@ rec {
         ${stdenv.lib.optionalString executable ''
           ${constructBin} composer.json
           ln -s $(pwd)/vendor/bin $out/bin
-          patchShebangs $out/bin
+        ''}
+
+        ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (!symlinkDependencies) ''
+          # Patch the shebangs if possible
+          if [ -d $out/bin ]
+          then
+              # Look for all executables in bin/
+              for i in $out/bin/*
+              do
+                  # Look for their location
+                  realFile=$(readlink -f "$i")
+
+                  # Restore write permissions
+                  chmod u+wx "$(dirname "$realFile")"
+                  chmod u+w "$realFile"
+
+                  # Patch shebang
+                  sed -e "s|#!/usr/bin/php|#!${php}/bin/php|" \
+                      -e "s|#!/usr/bin/env php|#!${php}/bin/php|" \
+                      "$realFile" > tmp
+                  mv tmp "$realFile"
+                  chmod u+x "$realFile"
+              done
+          fi
         ''}
 
         ${stdenv.lib.optionalString (removeComposerArtifacts) ''