diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index e8144409ba12..0e1880cf0a5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -663,7 +663,9 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
         {
           name = "xsl";
           buildInputs = [ libxslt libxml2 ];
+          internalDeps = [ php.extensions.dom ];
           doCheck = false;
+          env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-I../.." "-DHAVE_DOM" ];
           configureFlags = [ "--with-xsl=${libxslt.dev}" ];
         }
         { name = "zend_test"; }