diff --git a/lang/php55/Makefile.ext b/lang/php55/Makefile.ext
index 1e48b4247523..f7793db94d0b 100644
--- a/lang/php55/Makefile.ext
+++ b/lang/php55/Makefile.ext
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-hash \
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "iconv"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-iconv
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-iconv=${LOCALBASE}
 
 USES+=	iconv:translit
 .endif
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ MYSQLND_DESC=	Use MySQL Native Driver
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "odbc"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-odbc
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libodbc.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/unixODBC
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-odbc \
+		--with-unixODBC=${LOCALBASE}
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "openssl"
@@ -259,6 +262,9 @@ USE_PHP_BUILD=	yes
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "pdo_odbc"
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libodbc.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/unixODBC
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC,${LOCALBASE}
+
 USE_PHP=	pdo
 USE_PHP_BUILD=	yes
 .endif
@@ -328,9 +334,9 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-shmop
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "simplexml"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-simplexml \
+		--with-pcre-dir=${LOCALBASE} \
 		--with-libxml-dir=${LOCALBASE}
 
-CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 USES+=		pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 .endif
@@ -422,9 +428,10 @@ USE_PHP_BUILD=	yes
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "xmlrpc"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-xmlrpc \
-		--with-libxml-dir=${LOCALBASE}
+		--with-libxml-dir=${LOCALBASE} \
+		--with-iconv-dir=${LOCALBASE}
 
-USES+=		iconv
+USES+=		iconv::translit
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 
 PHP_HEADER_DIRS=libxmlrpc
@@ -552,11 +559,6 @@ post-extract:
 	@${MV} ${WRKSRC}/config0.m4 ${WRKSRC}/config.m4
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "odbc"
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	libodbc.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/unixODBC
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-unixODBC=${LOCALBASE}
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "pdo_dblib"
 .	if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMSSQL}
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libsybdb.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/freetds-msdblib
@@ -565,11 +567,6 @@ LIB_DEPENDS+=	libct.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/freetds
 .	endif
 .endif
 
-.if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "pdo_odbc"
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	libodbc.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/unixODBC
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC,${LOCALBASE}
-.endif
-
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "pdo_mysql"
 .	if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMYSQLND}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd
diff --git a/textproc/php55-simplexml/files/patch-config.m4 b/textproc/php55-simplexml/files/patch-config.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4eeef697dc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/php55-simplexml/files/patch-config.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- config.m4.orig	2014-05-14 10:14:22.929420181 +0000
++++ config.m4	2014-05-14 10:15:36.967414693 +0000
+@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
+ PHP_ARG_ENABLE(simplexml, whether to enable SimpleXML support,
+ [  --disable-simplexml     Disable SimpleXML support], yes)
+ 
++PHP_ARG_WITH(pcre-dir, pcre install prefix,
++[  --with-pcre-dir           SimpleXML: pcre install prefix], no, no)
++
+ if test -z "$PHP_LIBXML_DIR"; then
+   PHP_ARG_WITH(libxml-dir, libxml2 install dir,
+   [  --with-libxml-dir=DIR     SimpleXML: libxml2 install prefix], no, no)
+@@ -11,6 +14,30 @@
+ 
+ if test "$PHP_SIMPLEXML" != "no"; then
+ 
++  dnl This is PECL build, check if bundled PCRE library is used
++  old_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
++  CPPFLAGS=$INCLUDES
++  AC_EGREP_CPP(yes,[
++#include <main/php_config.h>
++#if defined(HAVE_BUNDLED_PCRE) && !defined(COMPILE_DL_PCRE)
++yes
++#endif
++  ],[
++    PHP_PCRE_REGEX=yes
++  ],[
++    AC_EGREP_CPP(yes,[
++#include <main/php_config.h>
++#if defined(HAVE_PCRE) && !defined(COMPILE_DL_PCRE)
++yes
++#endif
++    ],[
++      PHP_PCRE_REGEX=pecl
++      PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($PHP_PCRE_DIR/include)
++    ],[
++      PHP_PCRE_REGEX=no
++    ])
++  ])
++
+   if test "$PHP_LIBXML" = "no"; then   
+     AC_MSG_ERROR([SimpleXML extension requires LIBXML extension, add --enable-libxml])                
+   fi