diff -aurN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2014-05-10 18:38:09.000000000 -0400
+++ b/configure.ac	2016-10-12 14:27:04.635849601 -0400
@@ -153,13 +153,17 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([php-config],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--with-php-config=path], [Custom path to php-config]))
+AS_IF([test "x$with_php_config" != "x"],
+  [AC_CHECK_PROG(PHP_CONFIG, php-config, ["$with_php_config/php-config"], [], [$with_php_config])],
+  [AC_CHECK_PROG(PHP_CONFIG, php-config, php-config)])
 
-AC_CHECK_PROG(PHP_CONFIG, php-config, php-config)
 if test "X$PHP_CONFIG" != X ; then
 
-  PHP_VERSION=`$PHP_CONFIG --version`
-  PHP_INCLUDES=`$PHP_CONFIG --includes`
-  PHP_EXTENSION_DIR=`$PHP_CONFIG --extension-dir`
+  PHP_VERSION=`${PHP_CONFIG} --version`
+  PHP_INCLUDES=`${PHP_CONFIG} --includes`
+  PHP_EXTENSION_DIR=`${PHP_CONFIG} --extension-dir`
 
   if test $PHP_VERSION '>' 5.0.0; then
     PHP_SWIG="-php5"
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@
   with_php=yes
 fi
 
-PHP_VERSION=`php-config --version 2>/dev/null`
+PHP_VERSION=`${PHP_CONFIG} --version 2>/dev/null`
 if test "X$PHP_VERSION" != X; then
   languages_available="$languages_available php($PHP_VERSION)"
   if test $with_php = yes; then