diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
index 7d51a74020fb..7a243e889719 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/5.3.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, composableDerivation, autoconf, automake, flex, bison
 , apacheHttpd, mysql, libxml2, readline, zlib, curl, gd, postgresql, gettext
 , openssl, pkgconfig, sqlite, config, libiconv, libjpeg, libpng, freetype
-, libxslt, libmcrypt }:
+, libxslt, libmcrypt, bzip2 }:
 
 let
   libmcryptOverride = libmcrypt.override { disablePosixThreads = true; };
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} ( fixed : let inherit (fixed.fixed)
         buildInputs = [libmcryptOverride];
       };
 
+      bz2 = {
+        configureFlags = ["--with-bz2=${bzip2}"];
+        buildInputs = [bzip2];
+      };
+
+      zip = {
+        configureFlags = ["--enable-zip"];
+      };
+
       /*
          php is build within this derivation in order to add the xdebug lines to the php.ini.
          So both Apache and command line php both use xdebug without having to configure anything.
@@ -158,6 +167,8 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} ( fixed : let inherit (fixed.fixed)
     gdSupport = config.php.gd or true;
     xslSupport = config.php.xsl or false;
     mcryptSupport = config.php.mcrypt or false;
+    bz2Support = config.php.bz2 or false;
+    zipSupport = config.php.zip or true;
   };
 
   configurePhase = ''