diff --git a/package/php/Config.ext b/package/php/Config.ext
index 078be8daa7..cac2892984 100644
--- a/package/php/Config.ext
+++ b/package/php/Config.ext
@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ comment "MySQL drivers need a toolchain w/ C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_POSTGRESQL
+	bool "PostgreSQL"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
+	help
+	  PDO driver for PostgreSQL
+
+comment "PostgreSQL driver needs an (e)glibc toolchain"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_SQLITE
 	bool "SQLite3"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index de7d668355..d0418ad62d 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_MYSQL),y)
 	PHP_CONF_OPT += --with-pdo-mysql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 	PHP_DEPENDENCIES += mysql
 endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_POSTGRESQL),y)
+	PHP_CONF_OPT += --with-pdo-pgsql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+	PHP_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
+endif
 endif
 
 ### Use external PCRE if it's available