diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index 5942b23f729..ce31cae432a 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -1929,6 +1929,23 @@ int php_register_extensions(zend_module_entry **ptr, int count TSRMLS_DC)
 	}
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
+
+/* A very long time ago php_module_startup() was refactored in a way
+ * which broke calling it with more than one additional module.
+ * This alternative to php_register_extensions() works around that
+ * by walking the shallower structure.
+ *
+ * See algo: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63159
+ */
+static int php_register_extensions_bc(zend_module_entry *ptr, int count TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+	while (count--) {
+		if (zend_register_internal_module(ptr++ TSRMLS_CC) == NULL) {
+			return FAILURE;
+ 		}
+	}
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
 /* }}} */
 
 #if defined(PHP_WIN32) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
@@ -2199,7 +2216,7 @@ int php_module_startup(sapi_module_struct *sf, zend_module_entry *additional_mod
 	}
 
 	/* start additional PHP extensions */
-	php_register_extensions(&additional_modules, num_additional_modules TSRMLS_CC);
+	php_register_extensions_bc(additional_modules, num_additional_modules TSRMLS_CC);
 
 	/* load and startup extensions compiled as shared objects (aka DLLs)
 	   as requested by php.ini entries