diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/declarativeparser.nim b/src/nimblepkg/declarativeparser.nim
index 4fc49e27c..16cd595a7 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/declarativeparser.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/declarativeparser.nim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import std/strutils
 
 import compiler/[ast, idents, msgs, syntaxes, options, pathutils, lineinfos]
 import version, packageinfotypes, packageinfo, options, packageparser
-import std/[tables, sequtils, strscans]
+import std/[tables, sequtils, strscans, strformat]
 
 type NimbleFileInfo* = object
   nimbleFile*: string
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type NimbleFileInfo* = object
   version*: string
   tasks*: seq[(string, string)]
   features*: Table[string, seq[string]]
+  bin*: Table[string, string]
   hasInstallHooks*: bool
   hasErrors*: bool
 
@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@ proc extractRequires(n: PNode, conf: ConfigRef, result: var seq[string], hasErro
       localError(conf, ch.info, "'requires' takes string literals")
       hasErrors = true
 
+proc extractSeqLiteral(n: PNode, conf: ConfigRef, varName: string): seq[string] =
+  ## Extracts a sequence literal of the form @["item1", "item2"]
+  if n.kind == nkPrefix and n[0].kind == nkIdent and n[0].ident.s == "@":
+    if n[1].kind == nkBracket:
+      for item in n[1]:
+        if item.kind in {nkStrLit .. nkTripleStrLit}:
+          result.add item.strVal
+        else:
+          localError(conf, item.info, &"'{varName}' sequence items must be string literals")
+    else:
+      localError(conf, n.info, &"'{varName}' must be assigned a sequence of strings")
+  else:
+    localError(conf, n.info, &"'{varName}' must be assigned a sequence with @ prefix")
+
 proc extract(n: PNode, conf: ConfigRef, result: var NimbleFileInfo) =
   case n.kind
   of nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr:
@@ -83,6 +98,12 @@ proc extract(n: PNode, conf: ConfigRef, result: var NimbleFileInfo) =
       else:
         localError(conf, n[1].info, "assignments to 'version' must be string literals")
         result.hasErrors = true
+    elif n[0].kind == nkIdent and eqIdent(n[0].ident.s, "bin"):
+      let binSeq = extractSeqLiteral(n[1], conf, "bin")
+      for bin in binSeq:
+        result.bin[bin] = bin
+    else:
+      discard
   else:
     discard
 
@@ -216,13 +237,14 @@ proc toRequiresInfo*(pkgInfo: PackageInfo, options: Options): PackageInfo =
   #we need to use the vm to get the version. Another option could be to use the binary and ask for the version
   if pkgInfo.basicInfo.name.isNim:
     return pkgInfo.toFullInfo(options)
-        
+  
   let nimbleFileInfo = extractRequiresInfo(pkgInfo.myPath)
   result = pkgInfo
   result.requires = getRequires(nimbleFileInfo, result.activeFeatures)
   if pkgInfo.infoKind != pikFull: #dont update as full implies pik requires
     result.infoKind = pikRequires
   result.features = getFeatures(nimbleFileInfo)
+  result.bin = nimbleFileInfo.bin
   
 when isMainModule:
   for x in tokenizeRequires("jester@#head >= 1.5 & <= 1.8"):
diff --git a/tests/features/.gitignore b/tests/features/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca3f1fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+nimble.develop
+nimble.paths
diff --git a/tests/tdeclarativeparser.nim b/tests/tdeclarativeparser.nim
index 81b01ea76..97a290bc9 100644
--- a/tests/tdeclarativeparser.nim
+++ b/tests/tdeclarativeparser.nim
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ suite "Declarative parsing":
       @["nim", "json_rpc", "with", "chronicles", "serialization", "stew", "regex"]
     for pkg in expectedPkgs:
       check pkg in requires.mapIt(it[0])
+  
+  test "should parse bin from a nimble file":
+    let nimbleFile = getNimbleFileFromPkgNameHelper("nimlangserver")
+    let nimbleFileInfo = extractRequiresInfo(nimbleFile)
+    check nimbleFileInfo.bin.len == 1
+    check nimbleFileInfo.bin["nimlangserver"] == "nimlangserver"
 
   test "should be able to get all the released PackageVersions from a git local repository using the declarative parser":
     var options = initOptions()