diff --git a/redaxo/src/core/lib/util/path.php b/redaxo/src/core/lib/util/path.php
index d63910ba77..a22a7345e6 100644
--- a/redaxo/src/core/lib/util/path.php
+++ b/redaxo/src/core/lib/util/path.php
@@ -404,4 +404,21 @@ public static function basename($path)
         /** @psalm-suppress ForbiddenCode */
         return basename($path);
     }
+
+    public static function findBinaryPath(string $commandName): ?string
+    {
+        if (!function_exists('exec')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $out = [];
+        $cmd = sprintf('command -v %s || which %s', $commandName, $commandName);
+        exec($cmd, $out, $ret);
+
+        if (0 === $ret) {
+            return (string) $out[0];
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/redaxo/src/core/tests/path_test.php b/redaxo/src/core/tests/path_test.php
index cf9af88023..90d6fa27e0 100644
--- a/redaxo/src/core/tests/path_test.php
+++ b/redaxo/src/core/tests/path_test.php
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ public function testBasename()
         static::assertSame('config.yml', rex_path::basename('..\redaxo\data\core\config.yml'));
     }
 
+    public function testFindBinaryPath(): void
+    {
+        $path = rex_path::findBinaryPath('php');
+        static::assertNotNull($path);
+        static::assertSame(PHP_BINARY, realpath($path));
+    }
+
+    public function testNotFoundBinaryPath(): void
+    {
+        static::assertNull(rex_path::findBinaryPath('noone-knows'));
+    }
+
     private function path($path)
     {
         return str_replace(['\\', '/'], DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);