diff --git a/databases/php5-mysqli/files/patch-config.m4 b/databases/php5-mysqli/files/patch-config.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..342e1b312684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/php5-mysqli/files/patch-config.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- config.m4.orig	Wed Jul  7 10:02:27 2004
++++ config.m4	Mon Jul 19 23:52:07 2004
+@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
+     PHP_CHECK_LIBRARY(mysqlclient, mysql_stmt_field_count,
+     [ ],[
+ 		AC_MSG_ERROR([MySQLI doesn't support versions < 4.1.3 anymore. Please update your libraries.])
+-	],[])
++    ],[
++      $MYSQLI_LIBLINE
++    ])
+   ],[
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([wrong mysql library version or lib not found. Check config.log for more information.])
+   ],[