diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index 9ae5865b0d7..5c8b9de331f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ let
         done
 
         [[ -z "$libxml2" ]] || export PATH=$PATH:$libxml2/bin
-        ./configure --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc --with-config-file-path=$out/etc --prefix=$out $configureFlags
+        ./configure --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d --with-config-file-path=$out/etc --prefix=$out $configureFlags
       '';
 
       postInstall = ''