diff --git a/package/alessandro/php/config.in b/package/alessandro/php/config.in
index 4b0a45fd8..37f827403 100644
--- a/package/alessandro/php/config.in
+++ b/package/alessandro/php/config.in
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ if pkgcheck php X ; then
 
 		bool "Build PHP with mcrypt support" ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_mcrypt 0
 		bool "Build PHP with mhash support" ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_mhash 0
+		bool "Build PHP with SOAP support" ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_soap 0
 
 	menu_end
 fi
diff --git a/package/alessandro/php/php.conf b/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
index 916a30426..47df8dc25 100644
--- a/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
+++ b/package/alessandro/php/php.conf
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ fi
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_mcrypt"  == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-mcrypt"
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_mcrypt"  == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-mhash"
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_libgd"   == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-gd"
+[ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_soap"   == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-soap"
 
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_imap"   == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-imap"
 [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_imap" == 1 -a "$ROCKCFG_PKG_PHP_openssl" == 1 ] && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-imap-ssl" ;