diff --git a/main/php_ini.c b/main/php_ini.c
index 97038fbbcd0..6380a1b8315 100644
--- a/main/php_ini.c
+++ b/main/php_ini.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int php_init_config()
 
 	/* If the config_file_scan_dir is set at compile-time, go and scan this directory and
 	 * parse any .ini files found in this directory. */
-	if (strlen(PHP_CONFIG_FILE_SCAN_DIR)) {
+	if (!sapi_module.php_ini_ignore && strlen(PHP_CONFIG_FILE_SCAN_DIR)) {
 		struct dirent **namelist;
 		int ndir, i;