diff --git a/src/configs/php_packages b/src/configs/php_packages
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa072853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configs/php_packages
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cli
+curl
+dev
+intl
+mbstring
+xml
diff --git a/src/scripts/linux.sh b/src/scripts/linux.sh
index 996ed977..59a300b2 100644
--- a/src/scripts/linux.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/linux.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ switch_version() {
 add_packaged_php() {
   if [ "$runner" = "self-hosted" ] || [ "${use_package_cache:-true}" = "false" ]; then
     add_ppa ondrej/php >/dev/null 2>&1 || update_ppa ondrej/php
-    IFS=' ' read -r -a packages <<<"$(echo "cli curl dev mbstring xml intl" | sed "s/[^ ]*/php$version-&/g")"
+    IFS=' ' read -r -a packages <<<"$(sed "s/[^ ]*/php$version-&/g" "$dist"/../src/configs/php_packages | tr '\n' ' ')"
     install_packages "${packages[@]}"
   else
     run_script "php-ubuntu" "$version"