diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
index f2b05637858..e430dca0341 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php_configurable/default.nix
@@ -114,23 +114,23 @@ composableDerivation {} ( fixed : {
     };
 
   cfg = {
-    mysqlSupport = true;
-    mysqliSupport = true;
-    pdo_mysqlSupport = true;
-    libxml2Support = true;
-    apxs2Support = true;
-    bcmathSupport = true;
-    socketsSupport = true;
-    curlSupport = true;
-    gettextSupport = true;
-    postgresqlSupport = true;
-    sqliteSupport = true;
-    soapSupport = true;
-    zlibSupport = true;
-    opensslSupport = true;
-    xdebugSupport = true;
-    mbstringSupport = true;
-    gdSupport = true;
+    mysqlSupport = getConfig ["php" "mysql"] true;
+    mysqliSupport = getConfig ["php" "mysqli"] true;
+    pdo_mysqlSupport = getConfig ["php" "pdo_mysql"] true;
+    libxml2Support = getConfig ["php" "libxml2"] true;
+    apxs2Support = getConfig ["php" "apxs2"] true;
+    bcmathSupport = getConfig ["php" "bcmath"] true;
+    socketsSupport = getConfig ["php" "sockets"] true;
+    curlSupport = getConfig ["php" "curl"] true;
+    gettextSupport = getConfig ["php" "gettext"] true;
+    postgresqlSupport = getConfig ["php" "postgresql"] true;
+    sqliteSupport = getConfig ["php" "sqlite"] true;
+    soapSupport = getConfig ["php" "soap"] true;
+    zlibSupport = getConfig ["php" "zlib"] true;
+    opensslSupport = getConfig ["php" "openssl"] true;
+    xdebugSupport = getConfig ["php" "xdebug"] true;
+    mbstringSupport = getConfig ["php" "mbstring"] true;
+    gdSupport = getConfig ["php" "gd"] true;
   };
 
   # only -O1
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0442a04436c..3731e7a9060 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ let
     inherit
       stdenv fetchurl lib composableDerivation autoconf automake
       flex bison apacheHttpd mysql libxml2 # gettext
-      zlib curl gd postgresql openssl pkgconfig sqlite;
+      zlib curl gd postgresql openssl pkgconfig sqlite getConfig;
   };
 
   pltScheme = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/interpreters/plt-scheme) {