diff --git a/develop/php/php.conf b/develop/php/php.conf
index 535a23d48..2b43bf039 100644
--- a/develop/php/php.conf
+++ b/develop/php/php.conf
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ var_append confopt ' ' "--with-libdir=${libdir##*/}"
 # global php.ini goes into sysconfdir
 var_append confopt ' ' "--with-config-file-path=$sysconfdir"
 
-# sockets does not need any external lib. We have to enable it explicitly
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-sockets"
-
-# mbstring is also selfcontained and nice to have around
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-mbstring"
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-mbregex"
+# --enable because no dependency
+# soap also needs --enable-libxml and --with-openssl
+for x in sockets mbstring mbregex calendar bcmath soap; do
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-${x}"
+done
 
 for x in zlib bzip2:bz2 curl openssl libmhash:mhash gettext \
 libjpeg:jpeg-dir libpng:png-dir freetype1:ttf; do