diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0001-Use-pkg-config-for-libxml2-detection.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0001-Use-pkg-config-for-libxml2-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccc6d4ede1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0001-Use-pkg-config-for-libxml2-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Use pkg-config for libxml2 detection.
+
+xml2-config does not work. Use pkgconfig to set CPPFLAGS and LIBS.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+Signed-off-by:  Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ configure.in | 15 ++-------------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+--- a/acinclude.m4
++++ b/acinclude.m4
+@@ -2481,8 +2481,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_SETUP_LIBXML], [
+     LIBXML_VERSION=`expr [$]1 \* 1000000 + [$]2 \* 1000 + [$]3`
+     if test "$LIBXML_VERSION" -ge "2006011"; then
+       found_libxml=yes
+-      LIBXML_LIBS=`$XML2_CONFIG --libs`
+-      LIBXML_INCS=`$XML2_CONFIG --cflags`
++      LIBXML_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0`
++      LIBXML_INCS=`pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0`
+     else
+       AC_MSG_ERROR([libxml2 version 2.6.11 or greater required.])
+     fi
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0048-Use-pkg-config-for-FreeType2-detection.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0048-Use-pkg-config-for-FreeType2-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f36ddac262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0048-Use-pkg-config-for-FreeType2-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From: =?utf-8?b?T25kxZllaiBTdXLDvQ==?= <ondrej@sury.org>
+Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:54:31 +0000
+Subject: Use pkg-config for FreeType2 detection
+
+---
+ ext/gd/config.m4 | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
+ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/ext/gd/config.m4 b/ext/gd/config.m4
+index 498d870..d28c6ae 100644
+--- a/ext/gd/config.m4
++++ b/ext/gd/config.m4
+@@ -184,21 +184,29 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_GD_XPM],[
+ AC_DEFUN([PHP_GD_FREETYPE2],[
+   if test "$PHP_FREETYPE_DIR" != "no"; then
+ 
+-    for i in $PHP_FREETYPE_DIR /usr/local /usr; do
+-      if test -f "$i/bin/freetype-config"; then
+-        FREETYPE2_DIR=$i
+-        FREETYPE2_CONFIG="$i/bin/freetype-config"
+-        break
++    if test -z "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
++      AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG, pkg-config, no)
++    fi
++    if test -x "$PKG_CONFIG" && $PKG_CONFIG --exists freetype2 ; then
++      FREETYPE2_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags freetype2`
++      FREETYPE2_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs freetype2`
++    else
++      for i in $PHP_FREETYPE_DIR /usr/local /usr; do
++        if test -f "$i/bin/freetype-config"; then
++          FREETYPE2_DIR=$i
++          FREETYPE2_CONFIG="$i/bin/freetype-config"
++          break
++        fi
++      done
++
++      if test -z "$FREETYPE2_DIR"; then
++        AC_MSG_ERROR([freetype-config not found.])
+       fi
+-    done
+ 
+-    if test -z "$FREETYPE2_DIR"; then
+-      AC_MSG_ERROR([freetype-config not found.])
++      FREETYPE2_CFLAGS=`$FREETYPE2_CONFIG --cflags`
++      FREETYPE2_LIBS=`$FREETYPE2_CONFIG --libs`
+     fi
+ 
+-    FREETYPE2_CFLAGS=`$FREETYPE2_CONFIG --cflags`
+-    FREETYPE2_LIBS=`$FREETYPE2_CONFIG --libs`
+-
+     PHP_EVAL_INCLINE($FREETYPE2_CFLAGS)
+     PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE($FREETYPE2_LIBS, GD_SHARED_LIBADD)
+     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBFREETYPE,1,[ ])
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0049-ext-intl-Use-pkg-config-to-detect-icu.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0049-ext-intl-Use-pkg-config-to-detect-icu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deada1ff97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php/0049-ext-intl-Use-pkg-config-to-detect-icu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+From: Hugh McMaster <hugh.mcmaster@outlook.com>
+Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 23:27:30 +1100
+Subject: ext/intl: Use pkg-config to detect icu
+
+The developers of icu recommend using pkg-config to detect icu,
+because icu-config is deprecated.
+---
+ acinclude.m4       | 56 +++++++-----------------------------------------------
+ ext/intl/config.m4 | 16 ++++++----------
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
+
+--- php7.3.orig/acinclude.m4
++++ php7.3/acinclude.m4
+@@ -2168,58 +2168,16 @@ dnl
+ dnl Common setup macro for ICU
+ dnl
+ AC_DEFUN([PHP_SETUP_ICU],[
+-  PHP_ARG_WITH(icu-dir,,
+-  [  --with-icu-dir=DIR      Specify where ICU libraries and headers can be found], DEFAULT, no)
++  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ICU], [icu-io >= 50.1])
+ 
+-  if test "$PHP_ICU_DIR" = "no"; then
+-    PHP_ICU_DIR=DEFAULT
+-  fi
+-
+-  if test "$PHP_ICU_DIR" = "DEFAULT"; then
+-    dnl Try to find icu-config
+-    AC_PATH_PROG(ICU_CONFIG, icu-config, no, [$PATH:/usr/local/bin])
+-  else
+-    ICU_CONFIG="$PHP_ICU_DIR/bin/icu-config"
+-  fi
+-
+-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for location of ICU headers and libraries])
+-
+-  dnl Trust icu-config to know better what the install prefix is..
+-  icu_install_prefix=`$ICU_CONFIG --prefix 2> /dev/null`
+-  if test "$?" != "0" || test -z "$icu_install_prefix"; then
+-    AC_MSG_RESULT([not found])
+-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to detect ICU prefix or $ICU_CONFIG failed. Please verify ICU install prefix and make sure icu-config works.])
+-  else
+-    AC_MSG_RESULT([$icu_install_prefix])
+-
+-    dnl Check ICU version
+-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for ICU 4.0 or greater])
+-    icu_version_full=`$ICU_CONFIG --version`
+-    ac_IFS=$IFS
+-    IFS="."
+-    set $icu_version_full
+-    IFS=$ac_IFS
+-    icu_version=`expr [$]1 \* 1000 + [$]2`
+-    AC_MSG_RESULT([found $icu_version_full])
+-
+-    if test "$icu_version" -lt "4000"; then
+-      AC_MSG_ERROR([ICU version 4.0 or later is required])
+-    fi
++  PHP_EVAL_INCLINE($ICU_CFLAGS)
++  PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE($ICU_LIBS, $1)
+ 
+-    ICU_VERSION=$icu_version
+-    ICU_INCS=`$ICU_CONFIG --cppflags-searchpath`
+-    ICU_LIBS=`$ICU_CONFIG --ldflags --ldflags-icuio`
+-    PHP_EVAL_INCLINE($ICU_INCS)
+-    PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE($ICU_LIBS, $1)
++  ICU_CFLAGS="$ICU_CFLAGS -DU_NO_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_UTF_HEADERS=1"
++  ICU_CXXFLAGS="$ICU_CXXFLAGS -DUNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT=explicit -DUNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT=explicit"
+ 
+-    ICU_CXXFLAGS=`$ICU_CONFIG --cxxflags`
+-    if test "$icu_version" -ge "49000"; then
+-      ICU_CXXFLAGS="$ICU_CXXFLAGS -DUNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT=explicit -DUNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT=explicit"
+-      ICU_CFLAGS="-DU_NO_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_UTF_HEADERS=1"
+-    fi
+-    if test "$icu_version" -ge "60000"; then
+-      ICU_CFLAGS="$ICU_CFLAGS -DU_HIDE_OBSOLETE_UTF_OLD_H=1"
+-    fi
++  if $PKG_CONFIG icu-io --atleast-version=60; then
++    ICU_CFLAGS="$ICU_CFLAGS -DU_HIDE_OBSOLETE_UTF_OLD_H=1"
+   fi
+ ])
+ 
+--- php7.3.orig/ext/intl/config.m4
++++ php7.3/ext/intl/config.m4
+@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ if test "$PHP_INTL" != "no"; then
+   PHP_SETUP_ICU(INTL_SHARED_LIBADD)
+   PHP_SUBST(INTL_SHARED_LIBADD)
+   PHP_REQUIRE_CXX()
+-  INTL_COMMON_FLAGS="$ICU_INCS $ICU_CFLAGS -Wno-write-strings -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1"
+-  if test "$icu_version" -ge "4002"; then
+-    icu_spoof_src=" spoofchecker/spoofchecker_class.c \
+-    spoofchecker/spoofchecker.c\
+-    spoofchecker/spoofchecker_create.c\
+-    spoofchecker/spoofchecker_main.c"
+-  else
+-    icu_spoof_src=""
+-  fi
++  INTL_COMMON_FLAGS="$ICU_CFLAGS -Wno-write-strings -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1"
+   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(intl, php_intl.c \
+     intl_error.c \
+     intl_convert.c \
+@@ -68,7 +60,11 @@ if test "$PHP_INTL" != "no"; then
+     transliterator/transliterator_methods.c \
+     uchar/uchar.c \
+     idn/idn.c \
+-    $icu_spoof_src, $ext_shared,,$INTL_COMMON_FLAGS,cxx)
++    spoofchecker/spoofchecker_class.c \
++    spoofchecker/spoofchecker.c\
++    spoofchecker/spoofchecker_create.c\
++    spoofchecker/spoofchecker_main.c \
++    , $ext_shared,,$INTL_COMMON_FLAGS,cxx)
+ 
+   PHP_INTL_CXX_SOURCES="intl_convertcpp.cpp \
+     common/common_enum.cpp \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.3.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.3.2.bb
index fdd08ebc9c..db04ce3756 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.3.2.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ require php.inc
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=fb07bfc51f6d5e0c30b65d9701233b2e"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-acinclude.m4-don-t-unset-cache-variables.patch \
+            file://0048-Use-pkg-config-for-FreeType2-detection.patch \
+            file://0049-ext-intl-Use-pkg-config-to-detect-icu.patch \
+            file://0001-Use-pkg-config-for-libxml2-detection.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI_append_class-target = " \
                                 file://pear-makefile.patch \
