diff --git a/lang/php7/Makefile b/lang/php7/Makefile
index 4685ef753..e4122d8d9 100644
--- a/lang/php7/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php7/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=php
 PKG_VERSION:=7.2.34
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Michael Heimpold <mhei@heimpold.de>
 
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ endef
 # not everything groks --disable-nls
 DISABLE_NLS:=
 
+# due to updated ICU
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -DU_DEFINE_FALSE_AND_TRUE=1
+TARGET_CXXFLAGS += -DU_DEFINE_FALSE_AND_TRUE=1
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--enable-cli \
 	--enable-cgi \