diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer/BinaryInstaller.php b/src/Composer/Installer/BinaryInstaller.php
index fea3905c3..b9f5b64e2 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer/BinaryInstaller.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer/BinaryInstaller.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class BinaryInstaller
 
     public function installBinaries(PackageInterface $package, $installPath)
     {
-        $binaries = $package->getBinaries();
+        $binaries = $this->getBinaries($package);
         if (!$binaries) {
             return;
         }
@@ -92,6 +92,35 @@ class BinaryInstaller
         }
     }
 
+    public function removeBinaries(PackageInterface $package)
+    {
+        $this->initializeBinDir();
+
+        $binaries = $this->getBinaries($package);
+        if (!$binaries) {
+            return;
+        }
+        foreach ($binaries as $bin) {
+            $link = $this->binDir.'/'.basename($bin);
+            if (is_link($link) || file_exists($link)) {
+                $this->filesystem->unlink($link);
+            }
+            if (file_exists($link.'.bat')) {
+                $this->filesystem->unlink($link.'.bat');
+            }
+        }
+
+        // attempt removing the bin dir in case it is left empty
+        if ((is_dir($this->binDir)) && ($this->filesystem->isDirEmpty($this->binDir))) {
+            Silencer::call('rmdir', $this->binDir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function getBinaries(PackageInterface $package)
+    {
+        return $package->getBinaries();
+    }
+
     protected function installFullBinaries($binPath, $link, $bin, PackageInterface $package)
     {
         // add unixy support for cygwin and similar environments
@@ -120,28 +149,6 @@ class BinaryInstaller
         file_put_contents($link, $this->generateUnixyProxyCode($binPath, $link));
     }
 
-    public function removeBinaries(PackageInterface $package)
-    {
-        $binaries = $package->getBinaries();
-        if (!$binaries) {
-            return;
-        }
-        foreach ($binaries as $bin) {
-            $link = $this->binDir.'/'.basename($bin);
-            if (is_link($link) || file_exists($link)) {
-                $this->filesystem->unlink($link);
-            }
-            if (file_exists($link.'.bat')) {
-                $this->filesystem->unlink($link.'.bat');
-            }
-        }
-
-        // attempt removing the bin dir in case it is left empty
-        if ((is_dir($this->binDir)) && ($this->filesystem->isDirEmpty($this->binDir))) {
-            Silencer::call('rmdir', $this->binDir);
-        }
-    }
-
     protected function initializeBinDir()
     {
         $this->filesystem->ensureDirectoryExists($this->binDir);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer/PearBinaryInstaller.php b/src/Composer/Installer/PearBinaryInstaller.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9e286a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer/PearBinaryInstaller.php
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Installer;
+
+use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
+use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
+use Composer\Util\Filesystem;
+use Composer\Util\Platform;
+use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
+use Composer\Util\Silencer;
+
+/**
+ * Utility to handle installation of package "bin"/binaries for PEAR packages
+ *
+ * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ */
+class PearBinaryInstaller extends BinaryInstaller
+{
+    private $installer;
+
+    /**
+     * @param IOInterface $io
+     * @param string $binDir
+     * @param string $binCompat
+     * @param Filesystem $filesystem
+     */
+    public function __construct(IOInterface $io, $binDir, $binCompat, Filesystem $filesystem, PearInstaller $installer)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($io, $binDir, $binCompat, $filesystem);
+        $this->installer = $installer;
+    }
+
+    protected function getBinaries(PackageInterface $package)
+    {
+        $binariesPath = $this->installer->getInstallPath($package) . '/bin/';
+        $binaries = array();
+        if (file_exists($binariesPath)) {
+            foreach (new \FilesystemIterator($binariesPath, \FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_FILENAME | \FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO) as $fileName => $value) {
+                if (!$value->isDir()) {
+                    $binaries[] = 'bin/'.$fileName;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $binaries;
+    }
+
+    protected function initializeBinDir()
+    {
+        parent::initializeBinDir();
+        file_put_contents($this->binDir.'/composer-php', $this->generateUnixyPhpProxyCode());
+        @chmod($this->binDir.'/composer-php', 0777);
+        file_put_contents($this->binDir.'/composer-php.bat', $this->generateWindowsPhpProxyCode());
+        @chmod($this->binDir.'/composer-php.bat', 0777);
+    }
+
+    protected function generateWindowsProxyCode($bin, $link)
+    {
+        $binPath = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($link, $bin);
+        if ('.bat' === substr($bin, -4)) {
+            $caller = 'call';
+        } else {
+            $handle = fopen($bin, 'r');
+            $line = fgets($handle);
+            fclose($handle);
+            if (preg_match('{^#!/(?:usr/bin/env )?(?:[^/]+/)*(.+)$}m', $line, $match)) {
+                $caller = trim($match[1]);
+            } else {
+                $caller = 'php';
+            }
+
+            if ($caller === 'php') {
+                return "@echo off\r\n".
+                    "pushd .\r\n".
+                    "cd %~dp0\r\n".
+                    "set PHP_PROXY=%CD%\\composer-php.bat\r\n".
+                    "cd ".ProcessExecutor::escape(dirname($binPath))."\r\n".
+                    "set BIN_TARGET=%CD%\\".basename($binPath)."\r\n".
+                    "popd\r\n".
+                    "%PHP_PROXY% \"%BIN_TARGET%\" %*\r\n";
+            }
+        }
+
+        return "@echo off\r\n".
+            "pushd .\r\n".
+            "cd %~dp0\r\n".
+            "cd ".ProcessExecutor::escape(dirname($binPath))."\r\n".
+            "set BIN_TARGET=%CD%\\".basename($binPath)."\r\n".
+            "popd\r\n".
+            $caller." \"%BIN_TARGET%\" %*\r\n";
+    }
+
+    private function generateWindowsPhpProxyCode()
+    {
+        $binToVendor = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($this->binDir, $this->vendorDir, true);
+
+        return
+            "@echo off\r\n" .
+            "setlocal enabledelayedexpansion\r\n" .
+            "set BIN_DIR=%~dp0\r\n" .
+            "set VENDOR_DIR=%BIN_DIR%\\".$binToVendor."\r\n" .
+            "set DIRS=.\r\n" .
+            "FOR /D %%V IN (%VENDOR_DIR%\\*) DO (\r\n" .
+            "    FOR /D %%P IN (%%V\\*) DO (\r\n" .
+            "        set DIRS=!DIRS!;%%~fP\r\n" .
+            "    )\r\n" .
+            ")\r\n" .
+            "php.exe -d include_path=!DIRS! %*\r\n";
+    }
+
+    private function generateUnixyPhpProxyCode()
+    {
+        $binToVendor = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($this->binDir, $this->vendorDir, true);
+
+        return
+            "#!/usr/bin/env sh\n".
+            "SRC_DIR=`pwd`\n".
+            "BIN_DIR=`dirname $0`\n".
+            "VENDOR_DIR=\$BIN_DIR/".escapeshellarg($binToVendor)."\n".
+            "DIRS=\"\"\n".
+            "for vendor in \$VENDOR_DIR/*; do\n".
+            "    if [ -d \"\$vendor\" ]; then\n".
+            "        for package in \$vendor/*; do\n".
+            "            if [ -d \"\$package\" ]; then\n".
+            "                DIRS=\"\${DIRS}:\${package}\"\n".
+            "            fi\n".
+            "        done\n".
+            "    fi\n".
+            "done\n".
+            "php -d include_path=\".\$DIRS\" $@\n";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer/PearInstaller.php b/src/Composer/Installer/PearInstaller.php
index 0e16fcb32..2ced5af6e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer/PearInstaller.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer/PearInstaller.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Composer\Repository\InstalledRepositoryInterface;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 use Composer\Util\Platform;
 use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
+use Composer\Util\Filesystem;
 
 /**
  * Package installation manager.
@@ -37,7 +38,10 @@ class PearInstaller extends LibraryInstaller
      */
     public function __construct(IOInterface $io, Composer $composer, $type = 'pear-library')
     {
-        parent::__construct($io, $composer, $type);
+        $filesystem = new Filesystem();
+        $binaryInstaller = new PearBinaryInstaller($io, rtrim($composer->getConfig()->get('bin-dir'), '/'), $composer->getConfig()->get('bin-compat'), $filesystem, $this);
+
+        parent::__construct($io, $composer, $type, $filesystem, $binaryInstaller);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +56,6 @@ class PearInstaller extends LibraryInstaller
     protected function installCode(PackageInterface $package)
     {
         parent::installCode($package);
-        parent::initializeBinDir();
 
         $isWindows = Platform::isWindows();
         $php_bin = $this->binDir . ($isWindows ? '/composer-php.bat' : '/composer-php');
@@ -79,104 +82,4 @@ class PearInstaller extends LibraryInstaller
         $this->io->writeError('    Cleaning up', true, IOInterface::VERBOSE);
         $this->filesystem->unlink($packageArchive);
     }
-
-    protected function getBinaries(PackageInterface $package)
-    {
-        $binariesPath = $this->getInstallPath($package) . '/bin/';
-        $binaries = array();
-        if (file_exists($binariesPath)) {
-            foreach (new \FilesystemIterator($binariesPath, \FilesystemIterator::KEY_AS_FILENAME | \FilesystemIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO) as $fileName => $value) {
-                if (!$value->isDir()) {
-                    $binaries[] = 'bin/'.$fileName;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return $binaries;
-    }
-
-    protected function initializeBinDir()
-    {
-        parent::initializeBinDir();
-        file_put_contents($this->binDir.'/composer-php', $this->generateUnixyPhpProxyCode());
-        @chmod($this->binDir.'/composer-php', 0777);
-        file_put_contents($this->binDir.'/composer-php.bat', $this->generateWindowsPhpProxyCode());
-        @chmod($this->binDir.'/composer-php.bat', 0777);
-    }
-
-    protected function generateWindowsProxyCode($bin, $link)
-    {
-        $binPath = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($link, $bin);
-        if ('.bat' === substr($bin, -4)) {
-            $caller = 'call';
-        } else {
-            $handle = fopen($bin, 'r');
-            $line = fgets($handle);
-            fclose($handle);
-            if (preg_match('{^#!/(?:usr/bin/env )?(?:[^/]+/)*(.+)$}m', $line, $match)) {
-                $caller = trim($match[1]);
-            } else {
-                $caller = 'php';
-            }
-
-            if ($caller === 'php') {
-                return "@echo off\r\n".
-                    "pushd .\r\n".
-                    "cd %~dp0\r\n".
-                    "set PHP_PROXY=%CD%\\composer-php.bat\r\n".
-                    "cd ".ProcessExecutor::escape(dirname($binPath))."\r\n".
-                    "set BIN_TARGET=%CD%\\".basename($binPath)."\r\n".
-                    "popd\r\n".
-                    "%PHP_PROXY% \"%BIN_TARGET%\" %*\r\n";
-            }
-        }
-
-        return "@echo off\r\n".
-            "pushd .\r\n".
-            "cd %~dp0\r\n".
-            "cd ".ProcessExecutor::escape(dirname($binPath))."\r\n".
-            "set BIN_TARGET=%CD%\\".basename($binPath)."\r\n".
-            "popd\r\n".
-            $caller." \"%BIN_TARGET%\" %*\r\n";
-    }
-
-    private function generateWindowsPhpProxyCode()
-    {
-        $binToVendor = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($this->binDir, $this->vendorDir, true);
-
-        return
-            "@echo off\r\n" .
-            "setlocal enabledelayedexpansion\r\n" .
-            "set BIN_DIR=%~dp0\r\n" .
-            "set VENDOR_DIR=%BIN_DIR%\\".$binToVendor."\r\n" .
-            "set DIRS=.\r\n" .
-            "FOR /D %%V IN (%VENDOR_DIR%\\*) DO (\r\n" .
-            "    FOR /D %%P IN (%%V\\*) DO (\r\n" .
-            "        set DIRS=!DIRS!;%%~fP\r\n" .
-            "    )\r\n" .
-            ")\r\n" .
-            "php.exe -d include_path=!DIRS! %*\r\n";
-    }
-
-    private function generateUnixyPhpProxyCode()
-    {
-        $binToVendor = $this->filesystem->findShortestPath($this->binDir, $this->vendorDir, true);
-
-        return
-            "#!/usr/bin/env sh\n".
-            "SRC_DIR=`pwd`\n".
-            "BIN_DIR=`dirname $0`\n".
-            "VENDOR_DIR=\$BIN_DIR/".escapeshellarg($binToVendor)."\n".
-            "DIRS=\"\"\n".
-            "for vendor in \$VENDOR_DIR/*; do\n".
-            "    if [ -d \"\$vendor\" ]; then\n".
-            "        for package in \$vendor/*; do\n".
-            "            if [ -d \"\$package\" ]; then\n".
-            "                DIRS=\"\${DIRS}:\${package}\"\n".
-            "            fi\n".
-            "        done\n".
-            "    fi\n".
-            "done\n".
-            "php -d include_path=\".\$DIRS\" $@\n";
-    }
 }