diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
index 7f08891385b1..4460c5f90b76 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-color.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=\${out}" "SYSCONFDIR=\${out}/etc" "MANDIR=\${out}/share/man" ];
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/i3lock $out/bin/i3lock-color
+    ln -s $out/bin/i3lock-color $out/bin/i3lock
     mv $out/share/man/man1/i3lock.1 $out/share/man/man1/i3lock-color.1
     sed -i 's/\(^\|\s\|"\)i3lock\(\s\|$\)/\1i3lock-color\2/g' $out/share/man/man1/i3lock-color.1
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
index 8884b1d5100c..29bd81fe872c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy-rapid.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -D i3lock-fancy-rapid $out/bin/i3lock-fancy-rapid
+    ln -s $out/bin/i3lock-fancy-rapid $out/bin/i3lock
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy.nix
index 9a1b959690a2..f3963b43b54a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/lock-fancy.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/i3lock-fancy/icons
     cp i3lock-fancy $out/bin/i3lock-fancy
+    ln -s $out/bin/i3lock-fancy $out/bin/i3lock
     cp icons/lock*.png $out/share/i3lock-fancy/icons
   '';