diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
index 8f63c2dd3292..6c9b8a1149a1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/PhpExecutableFinder.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function __construct()
     public function find()
     {
         // PHP_BINARY return the current sapi executable
-        if (defined('PHP_BINARY') && PHP_BINARY && ('cli' === PHP_SAPI)) {
+        if (defined('PHP_BINARY') && PHP_BINARY && ('cli' === PHP_SAPI) && is_file(PHP_BINARY)) {
             return PHP_BINARY;
         }