diff --git a/libs/esl/php/Makefile b/libs/esl/php/Makefile
index 5e1f41a16b..0ebd68bfce 100644
--- a/libs/esl/php/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/php/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS=$(shell php-config --includes)
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS=$(shell php-config --ldflags --libs)
+PHP_LDFLAGS=$(shell php-config --ldflags)
+PHP_LIBS=$(shell php-config --libs)
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS=$(PHP_LDFLAGS) $(PHP_LIBS)
 WRAP_GCC_WARNING_SILENCE=-Wno-unused-label -Wno-unused-function
 
 all: ESL.so