diff --git a/lang/php7/Makefile b/lang/php7/Makefile
index d6bf3308b..3df48512d 100644
--- a/lang/php7/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php7/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PHP7_MODULES = \
 	ftp \
 	gettext gd gmp \
 	hash \
-	iconv intl \
+	iconv imap intl \
 	json \
 	ldap \
 	mbstring mcrypt mysqli \
@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ else
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-iconv
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-imap),)
+  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+		--with-imap=shared,"$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
+		--with-imap-ssl
+else
+  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-imap
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-intl),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-intl=shared
   TARGET_CXXFLAGS+= -std=c++0x
@@ -572,6 +580,7 @@ $(eval $(call BuildModule,gettext,Gettext,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-gettext:libintl-full
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,gmp,GMP,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-gmp:libgmp))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,hash,Hash))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,iconv,iConv,$(ICONV_DEPENDS)))
+$(eval $(call BuildModule,imap,IMAP,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-imap:libopenssl +PACKAGE_php7-mod-imap:uw-imap))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,intl,Internationalization Functions,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-intl:icu))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,json,JSON))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,ldap,LDAP,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-ldap:libopenldap +PACKAGE_php7-mod-ldap:libsasl2))