diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 7e6701f2c7..3df4506047 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -7959,6 +7959,8 @@ (define-public homer
               (mkdir-p (string-append #$output "/bin"))
               (symlink (string-append #$output "/share/homer/bin/homer2")
                        (string-append #$output "/bin/homer2"))
+              (symlink (string-append #$output "/share/homer/bin/homer")
+                       (string-append #$output "/bin/homer"))
               (for-each patch-shebang
                         (find-files (string-append #$output "/share/homer/bin")
                                     "\\.pl$")))))))