diff --git a/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.16.recipe b/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.16.recipe
index 3ecd45b1b..5d457b4ec 100644
--- a/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.16.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.16.recipe
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
         settings/php7 directory keep-old
         "
 
-
 commandSuffix=$secondaryArchSuffix
 commandBinDir=$binDir
 if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
@@ -99,7 +98,9 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf
 	autoconf
-	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure --bindir=$commandBinDir \
+	runConfigure --omit-dirs "binDir sbinDir" ./configure \
+		--bindir=$commandBinDir \
+		--sbindir=$commandBinDir \
 		--sysconfdir=$settingsDir/php7 \
 		--with-config-file-path=$settingsDir/php7 \
 		--with-config-file-scan-dir=$settingsDir/php7 \