diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b560ced4b..0e00c2878 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
         luarocks \
         lzip \
         m4 \
-# php-cli is needed to compile php package
-        php5-cli \
         pkg-config \
         scons \
         subversion \
diff --git a/packages/php/build.sh b/packages/php/build.sh
index d995b0083..4cfd6c2a2 100644
--- a/packages/php/build.sh
+++ b/packages/php/build.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" ac_cv_func_res_nsearch=no"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" --mandir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure () {
+	export PATH=$PATH:$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/sapi/cli/
 	export NATIVE_PHP_EXECUTABLE=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/sapi/cli/php
 
 	# Run autoconf since we have patched config.m4 files.