diff --git a/develop/php/php.conf b/develop/php/php.conf
index fed6883fb..75081371a 100644
--- a/develop/php/php.conf
+++ b/develop/php/php.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ fi
 # seems not to handle --libdir...
 var_append confopt ' ' "--with-libdir=${libdir##*/}"
 
+# global php.ini goes into sysconfdir
+var_append confopt ' ' "--with-config-file-path=$sysconfdir"
+
 if pkginstalled apache; then
 	pkgprefix -t apache
 	var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-apxs2=$( pkgprefix sbindir apache )/apxs"