diff --git a/examples/php/composer.json b/examples/php/composer.json
index d40b5db059e..97e9608fe01 100644
--- a/examples/php/composer.json
+++ b/examples/php/composer.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc/grpc-demo",
   "description": "gRPC example for PHP",
-  "minimum-stability": "dev",
   "require": {
-    "grpc/grpc": "v0.15.2"
+    "grpc/grpc": "v1.0.0",
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 81aa5b28237..6e3aab7a769 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   <email>grpc-packages@google.com</email>
   <active>yes</active>
  </lead>
- <date>2016-08-09</date>
+ <date>2016-08-22</date>
  <time>16:06:07</time>
  <version>
-  <release>1.0.1</release>
-  <api>1.0.1</api>
+  <release>1.0.1RC1</release>
+  <api>1.0.1RC1</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
   <release>stable</release>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  </stability>
  <license>BSD</license>
  <notes>
-- Fixed Ubuntu compile error #7571, #7642
+- TBD
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir baseinstalldir="/" name="/">
@@ -1146,5 +1146,35 @@ Update to wrap gRPC C Core version 0.10.0
 - Fixed Ubuntu compile error #7571, #7642
    </notes>
   </release>
+  <release>
+   <version>
+    <release>1.0.0</release>
+    <api>1.0.0</api>
+   </version>
+   <stability>
+    <release>stable</release>
+    <api>stable</api>
+   </stability>
+   <date>2016-08-18</date>
+   <license>BSD</license>
+   <notes>
+- gRPC 1.0.0 release
+   </notes>
+  </release>
+  <release>
+   <version>
+    <release>1.0.1RC1</release>
+    <api>1.0.1RC1</api>
+   </version>
+   <stability>
+    <release>stable</release>
+    <api>stable</api>
+   </stability>
+   <date>2016-08-22</date>
+   <license>BSD</license>
+   <notes>
+- TBD
+   </notes>
+  </release>
  </changelog>
 </package>
diff --git a/src/php/composer.json b/src/php/composer.json
index 1eacc643a22..db56d2ce6ea 100644
--- a/src/php/composer.json
+++ b/src/php/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "keywords": ["rpc"],
   "homepage": "http://grpc.io",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.5.0",
     "stanley-cheung/protobuf-php": "v0.6"
diff --git a/templates/package.xml.template b/templates/package.xml.template
index 43d3aa2a584..65fef1892fb 100644
--- a/templates/package.xml.template
+++ b/templates/package.xml.template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <email>grpc-packages@google.com</email>
     <active>yes</active>
    </lead>
-   <date>2016-08-09</date>
+   <date>2016-08-22</date>
    <time>16:06:07</time>
    <version>
     <release>${settings.php_version.php()}</release>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
    </stability>
    <license>BSD</license>
    <notes>
-  - Fixed Ubuntu compile error #7571, #7642
+  - TBD
    </notes>
    <contents>
     <dir baseinstalldir="/" name="/">
@@ -264,5 +264,35 @@
   - Fixed Ubuntu compile error #7571, #7642
      </notes>
     </release>
+    <release>
+     <version>
+      <release>1.0.0</release>
+      <api>1.0.0</api>
+     </version>
+     <stability>
+      <release>stable</release>
+      <api>stable</api>
+     </stability>
+     <date>2016-08-18</date>
+     <license>BSD</license>
+     <notes>
+  - gRPC 1.0.0 release
+     </notes>
+    </release>
+    <release>
+     <version>
+      <release>${settings.php_version.php()}</release>
+      <api>${settings.php_version.php()}</api>
+     </version>
+     <stability>
+      <release>stable</release>
+      <api>stable</api>
+     </stability>
+     <date>2016-08-22</date>
+     <license>BSD</license>
+     <notes>
+  - TBD
+     </notes>
+    </release>
    </changelog>
   </package>
diff --git a/templates/src/php/composer.json.template b/templates/src/php/composer.json.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf876f345e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/src/php/composer.json.template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+%YAML 1.2
+--- |
+  {
+    "name": "grpc/grpc",
+    "type": "library",
+    "description": "gRPC library for PHP",
+    "keywords": ["rpc"],
+    "homepage": "http://grpc.io",
+    "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "version": "${settings.php_version.php_composer()}",
+    "require": {
+      "php": ">=5.5.0",
+      "stanley-cheung/protobuf-php": "v0.6"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+      "google/auth": "v0.9"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+      "psr-4": {
+        "Grpc\\": "lib/Grpc/"
+      }
+    }
+  }
diff --git a/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py b/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
index c6cc5621c97..6098cca59c9 100755
--- a/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
+++ b/tools/buildgen/plugins/expand_version.py
@@ -85,10 +85,21 @@ class Version:
       return '%d.%d.%d' % (self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
 
   def php(self):
-    """Version string in PHP style"""
-    """PECL does not allow tag in version string"""
-    return '%d.%d.%d' % (self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
+    """Version string for PHP PECL package"""
+    s = '%d.%d.%d' % (self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
+    if self.tag:
+      if self.tag == 'dev':
+        s += 'dev'
+      elif len(self.tag) >= 3 and self.tag[0:3] == 'pre':
+        s += 'RC%d' % int(self.tag[3:])
+      else:
+        raise Exception('Don\'t know how to translate version tag "%s" to PECL version' % self.tag)
+    return s
 
+  def php_composer(self):
+    """Version string for PHP Composer package"""
+    return '%d.%d.%d' % (self.major, self.minor, self.patch)
+    
 def mako_plugin(dictionary):
   """Expand version numbers:
      - for each language, ensure there's a language_version tag in