diff --git a/lang/php5/pecl.mk b/lang/php5/pecl.mk
index 6bf1928f5..e1b981963 100644
--- a/lang/php5/pecl.mk
+++ b/lang/php5/pecl.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2014 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ define PECLPackage
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $$(1)/usr/lib/php
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/modules/$(subst -,_,$(1)).so $$(1)/usr/lib/php/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $$(1)/etc/php5
+    ifeq ($(4),zend)
+	echo "zend_extension=/usr/lib/php/$(subst -,_,$(1)).so" > $$(1)/etc/php5/$(subst -,_,$(1)).ini
+    else
 	echo "extension=$(subst -,_,$(1)).so" > $$(1)/etc/php5/$(subst -,_,$(1)).ini
+    endif
   endef
 
 endef