diff --git a/develop/php/php.conf b/develop/php/php.conf
index f138be5bb..a38582417 100644
--- a/develop/php/php.conf
+++ b/develop/php/php.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../php/php.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ libjpeg:jpeg-dir libpng:png-dir freetype1:ttf; do
     fi
 done
 
-for x in postgresql:pgsql openldap:ldap libmcrypt:mcrypt \
+# pg82 is a separately maintained postgresql version 8.2.x
+# please do not remove it
+for x in postgresql:pgsql pg82:pgsql openldap:ldap libmcrypt:mcrypt \
 freetype pcre:pcre-regex; do
     if pkginstalled "${x%:*}"; then
         var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-${x#*:}=$( pkgprefix -r ${x%:*} )"