diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index d502bc03c5f..6bae48b54c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -621,6 +621,27 @@ in
       };
     };
 
+    pthreads = let
+      version = "3.2.0";
+      src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub ({
+        owner = "krakjoe";
+        repo = "pthreads";
+      } // (if (isPhp73) then {
+        rev = "4d1c2483ceb459ea4284db4eb06646d5715e7154";
+        sha256 = "07kdxypy0bgggrfav2h1ccbv67lllbvpa3s3zsaqci0gq4fyi830";
+      } else {
+        rev = "v3.2.0";
+        sha256 = "17hypm75d4w7lvz96jb7s0s87018yzmmap0l125d5fd7abnhzfvv";
+      }));
+    in buildPecl {
+      pname = "pthreads";
+      inherit version src;
+
+      buildInputs = [ pcre'.dev ];
+
+      meta.broken = isPhp74;
+    };
+
     redis = buildPecl {
       version = "5.1.1";
       pname = "redis";