diff --git a/libs/esl/Makefile b/libs/esl/Makefile
index 9b7dd0d3c8..b0aabd6954 100644
--- a/libs/esl/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ perlmod: $(MYLIB)
 	make MYLIB="../$(MYLIB)" SOLINK="$(SOLINK)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" CXX_CFLAGS="$(CXX_CFLAGS)" -C perl
 
 phpmod: $(MYLIB)
-	make MYLIB="../$(MYLIB)" SOLINK="$(SOLINK)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" CXX_CFLAGS="$(CXX_CFLAGS)" -C php
+	make MYLIB="../$(MYLIB)" SOLINK="$(SOLINK)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" CXX_CFLAGS="$(CXX_CFLAGS)" -C php install
 
 luamod: $(MYLIB)
 	make MYLIB="../$(MYLIB)" SOLINK="$(SOLINK)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" CXX_CFLAGS="$(CXX_CFLAGS)" -C lua
diff --git a/libs/esl/php/Makefile b/libs/esl/php/Makefile
index 8dd37f8153..f98b6863d0 100644
--- a/libs/esl/php/Makefile
+++ b/libs/esl/php/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ swigclean:
 
 reswig:	swigclean esl_wrap.cpp
 
-install:
+install: ESL.so
 	cp ESL.so $(shell php-config --extension-dir)
 	cp ESL.php $(shell php -r 'phpinfo();' | grep include_path | cut -d: -f2)