diff --git a/srcpkgs/php/template b/srcpkgs/php/template
index 62260109123..d7bbfc51974 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'php'
 pkgname=php
 version=5.5.14
-revision=2
+revision=3
 lib32disabled=yes
 short_desc="An HTML-embedded scripting language"
 license="PHP"
@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@ makedepends="postgresql-libs-devel libldap-devel libvpx-devel sqlite-devel
  unixodbc-devel net-snmp-devel libzip-devel enchant-devel libmcrypt-devel
  aspell-devel libltdl-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel icu-devel
  libcurl-devel libxslt-devel libressl-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel db-devel
- gmp-devel gdbm-devel freetype-devel systemd-devel apache-devel
+ gmp-devel gdbm-devel freetype-devel apache-devel
  readline-devel>=6.3 libmysqlclient-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/php/php.ini"
 distfiles="http://www.php.net/distributions/php-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ef7e4f4942c5767e01b96650a5bd4178c663738436f99b5695c3144732ff7166
 
+# Package build options
+build_options="systemd"
+
+if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --with-fpm-systemd"
+	makedepends+=" systemd-devel"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --without-fpm-systemd"
+fi
+
 do_build() {
 	local _phpconfig="--srcdir=.. \
 		--config-cache \
@@ -54,7 +64,6 @@ do_build() {
 		--with-curl=shared \
 		--with-db4=/usr \
 		--with-enchant=shared,/usr \
-		--with-fpm-systemd \
 		--with-freetype-dir=/usr \
 		--with-gd=shared \
 		--with-gdbm \
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@ do_build() {
 		--with-xmlrpc=shared \
 		--with-xsl=shared \
 		--with-zlib \
+		${configure_args} \
 		"
 
 	EXTENSION_DIR=/usr/lib/php/modules
@@ -204,8 +214,10 @@ php-fpm_package() {
 		vinstall ${wrksrc}/build-fpm/sapi/fpm/php-fpm 755 usr/bin
 		vinstall ${wrksrc}/build-fpm/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.8 644 usr/share/man/man8
 		vinstall ${wrksrc}/build-fpm/sapi/fpm/php-fpm.conf 644 etc/php
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/php-fpm.tmpfiles 644 usr/lib/tmpfiles.d php-fpm.conf
-		vinstall ${FILESDIR}/php-fpm.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+		if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+			vinstall ${FILESDIR}/php-fpm.tmpfiles 644 usr/lib/tmpfiles.d php-fpm.conf
+			vinstall ${FILESDIR}/php-fpm.service 644 usr/lib/systemd/system
+		fi
 	}
 }