diff --git a/Zend/zend_portability.h b/Zend/zend_portability.h
index 9ab46f9b32cfe..1efc15fb6386c 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_portability.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_portability.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 
 # if defined(RTLD_GROUP) && defined(RTLD_WORLD) && defined(RTLD_PARENT)
 #  define DL_LOAD(libname)			dlopen(libname, PHP_RTLD_MODE | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_GROUP | RTLD_WORLD | RTLD_PARENT)
-# elif defined(RTLD_DEEPBIND) && !defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) && !__has_feature(memory_sanitizer)
+# elif defined(RTLD_DEEPBIND) && !defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) && !__has_feature(memory_sanitizer) && defined(PHP_USE_RTLD_DEEPBIND)
 #  define DL_LOAD(libname)			dlopen(libname, PHP_RTLD_MODE | RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_DEEPBIND)
 # else
 #  define DL_LOAD(libname)			dlopen(libname, PHP_RTLD_MODE | RTLD_GLOBAL)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01d9ded69b920..137f7dae8c3a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -868,6 +868,23 @@ AS_VAR_IF([PHP_RTLD_NOW], [yes],
     [Define to 1 if 'dlopen()' uses the 'RTLD_NOW' mode flag instead of
     'RTLD_LAZY'.])])
 
+if test "$PHP_SAPI" = "apache2handler"; then
+  PHP_RTLD_DEEPBIND_DEFAULT=yes
+else
+  PHP_RTLD_DEEPBIND_DEFAULT=no
+fi
+
+PHP_ARG_ENABLE([rtld-deepbind],
+  [whether to dlopen extensions with RTLD_DEEPBIND],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-rtld-deepbind],
+    [Use dlopen with RTLD_DEEPBIND])],
+  [$PHP_RTLD_DEEPBIND_DEFAULT],
+  [$PHP_RTLD_DEEPBIND_DEFAULT])
+
+if test "$PHP_RTLD_DEEPBIND" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE(PHP_USE_RTLD_DEEPBIND, 1, [ Use dlopen with RTLD_DEEPBIND ])
+fi
+
 PHP_ARG_WITH([layout],
   [layout of installed files],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-layout=TYPE],