diff --git a/databases/pecl-memcached/Makefile b/databases/pecl-memcached/Makefile
index b904d9ddf8e1..56f62fec7b6d 100644
--- a/databases/pecl-memcached/Makefile
+++ b/databases/pecl-memcached/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ USES=		php:pecl pkgconfig
 USE_PHP=	json:build session:build
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-libmemcached-dir=${LOCALBASE}
-IGNORE_WITH_PHP=56
 
 IGBINARY_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	memcached-igbinary
 IGBINARY_USE=		PHP=igbinary:build