diff -urNp -x '*.orig' php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/config0.m4 php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/config0.m4
--- php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/config0.m4	2019-01-09 10:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/config0.m4	2021-08-23 23:20:07.852416018 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH(pcre-regex,,
 
   if test "$PHP_PCRE_REGEX" != "yes" && test "$PHP_PCRE_REGEX" != "no"; then
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE headers location])
-    for i in $PHP_PCRE_REGEX $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/include $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/include/pcre $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/local/include; do
+    for i in $PHP_PCRE_REGEX $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/include $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/include/pcre $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/local/include /usr/include; do
       test -f $i/pcre.h && PCRE_INCDIR=$i
     done
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH(pcre-regex,,
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$PCRE_INCDIR])
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE library location])
-    for j in $PHP_PCRE_REGEX $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/$PHP_LIBDIR; do
+    for j in $PHP_PCRE_REGEX $PHP_PCRE_REGEX/$PHP_LIBDIR /usr/$PHP_LIBDIR; do
       test -f $j/libpcre.a || test -f $j/libpcre.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME && PCRE_LIBDIR=$j
     done
     
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH(pcre-regex,,
       AC_MSG_ERROR([The PCRE extension requires PCRE library version >= 6.6])
     fi
 
-    PHP_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH(pcre, $PCRE_LIBDIR)
+    PHP_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH(pcre, $PCRE_LIBDIR, PCRE_SHARED_LIBADD)
     
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PCRE, 1, [ ])
     PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($PCRE_INCDIR)
-    PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(pcre, php_pcre.c, no)
+    PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(pcre, php_pcre.c, $ext_shared)
     PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS([ext/pcre], [php_pcre.h])
+    EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS -lpcre"
   else
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE library to use])
     AC_MSG_RESULT([bundled])
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ PHP_ARG_WITH(pcre-regex,,
     				 pcrelib/pcre_version.c pcrelib/pcre_xclass.c \
     				 pcrelib/pcre_jit_compile.c"
     PHP_PCRE_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I@ext_srcdir@/pcrelib"
-    PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(pcre, $pcrelib_sources php_pcre.c, no,,$PHP_PCRE_CFLAGS)
+    PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(pcre, $pcrelib_sources php_pcre.c, $ext_shared,,$PHP_PCRE_CFLAGS)
     PHP_ADD_BUILD_DIR($ext_builddir/pcrelib)
     PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS([ext/pcre], [php_pcre.h pcrelib/])
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BUNDLED_PCRE, 1, [ ])
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c
--- php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c	2019-01-09 10:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/php_pcre.c	2021-08-23 23:20:07.852416018 +0200
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 
 #if HAVE_PCRE || HAVE_BUNDLED_PCRE
 
+#if COMPILE_DL_PCRE
+#undef pcre_get_compiled_regex
+PHPAPI pcre* pcre_get_compiled_regex(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *preg_options TSRMLS_DC);
+#endif
+
 #include "ext/standard/php_string.h"
 
 #define PREG_PATTERN_ORDER			1
@@ -158,6 +163,10 @@ static PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(pcre)
 	REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("PREG_BAD_UTF8_OFFSET_ERROR", PHP_PCRE_BAD_UTF8_OFFSET_ERROR, CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_STRING_CONSTANT("PCRE_VERSION", (char *)pcre_version(), CONST_CS | CONST_PERSISTENT);
 
+#if COMPILE_DL_PCRE
+	pcre_get_compiled_regex_p = pcre_get_compiled_regex;
+#endif
+
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -497,6 +506,7 @@ PHPAPI pcre_cache_entry* pcre_get_compil
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+
 /* {{{ pcre_get_compiled_regex
  */
 PHPAPI pcre* pcre_get_compiled_regex(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *preg_options TSRMLS_DC)
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h
--- php-5.6.40.org/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h	2019-01-09 10:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.6.40/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h	2021-08-23 23:20:07.852416018 +0200
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@
 #endif
 
 PHPAPI char *php_pcre_replace(char *regex, int regex_len, char *subject, int subject_len, zval *replace_val, int is_callable_replace, int *result_len, int limit, int *replace_count TSRMLS_DC);
+#if COMPILE_DL_PCRE
+#define pcre_get_compiled_regex pcre_get_compiled_regex_p
+extern PHPAPI pcre* (*pcre_get_compiled_regex)(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *options TSRMLS_DC);
+#else
 PHPAPI pcre* pcre_get_compiled_regex(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *options TSRMLS_DC);
+#endif
 PHPAPI pcre* pcre_get_compiled_regex_ex(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *preg_options, int *coptions TSRMLS_DC);
 
 extern zend_module_entry pcre_module_entry;
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' php-5.6.40.org/ext/standard/browscap.c php-5.6.40/ext/standard/browscap.c
--- php-5.6.40.org/ext/standard/browscap.c	2019-01-09 10:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.6.40/ext/standard/browscap.c	2021-08-23 23:20:07.852416018 +0200
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(browscap)
 #define BROWSCAP_G(v)	(browscap_globals.v)
 #endif
 
+#if COMPILE_DL_PCRE
+// will be visible in here
+PHPAPI pcre* (*pcre_get_compiled_regex_p)(char *regex, pcre_extra **extra, int *options TSRMLS_DC);
+#endif
+
 #define DEFAULT_SECTION_NAME "Default Browser Capability Settings"
 
 /* OBJECTS_FIXME: This whole extension needs going through. The use of objects looks pretty broken here */
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' php-5.6.40.org/sapi/cli/tests/018.phpt php-5.6.40/sapi/cli/tests/018.phpt
--- php-5.6.40.org/sapi/cli/tests/018.phpt	2019-01-09 10:54:13.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.6.40/sapi/cli/tests/018.phpt	2021-08-23 23:20:07.852416018 +0200
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ echo "Done\n";
 --EXPECTF--     
 [PHP Modules]
 %a
-pcre
-%a
 
 [Zend Modules]
 %aDone