diff --git a/pkgs/phps.nix b/pkgs/phps.nix
index 8429830b..2bf1bba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/phps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/phps.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@ let
   generic = "${nixpkgs}/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/generic.nix";
   mkPhp = args: prev.callPackage generic (_mkArgs args);
 
-  base-master = prev.callPackage generic (_mkArgs {
+  base-master = let
+    pear = prev.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar";
+      hash = "sha256-UblKVcsm030tNSA6mdeab+h7ZhANNz7MkFf4Z1iigjs=";
+    };
+  in prev.callPackage generic (_mkArgs {
     version =
       let
         configureFile = "${php-src}/configure.ac";
@@ -181,14 +186,14 @@ let
 
     phpAttrsOverrides = attrs: {
       src = php-src;
-      configureFlags = attrs.configureFlags ++ [
-        # install-pear-nozlib.phar (normally shipped in tarball) would need to be downloaded.
-        "--without-pear"
-      ];
 
       preConfigure = attrs.preConfigure or "" + ''
         ./scripts/dev/genfiles
       '';
+
+      postConfigure = ''
+        cp -f ${pear} ./pear/install-pear-nozlib.phar
+      '';
     };
   });
 in