--- php-5.3.2.orig/main/php_ini.c	2010-02-03 21:13:18.000000000 +0100
+++ php-5.3.2/main/php_ini.c	2010-06-12 21:09:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -687,6 +687,48 @@
 		php_ini_scanned_path = NULL;
 	}
 
+	char *php_ini_extra = getenv("PHP_INI_EXTRA");
+	if (!sapi_module.php_ini_ignore && php_ini_extra) {
+		struct stat sb;
+		zend_file_handle fh;
+		RESET_ACTIVE_INI_HASH();
+		memset(&fh, 0, sizeof(fh));
+
+		if (VCWD_STAT(php_ini_extra, &sb) == 0) {
+			if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
+				if ((fh.handle.fp = VCWD_FOPEN(php_ini_extra, "r"))) {
+					fh.filename = php_ini_extra;
+					fh.type = ZEND_HANDLE_FP;
+
+					/* add an fake-host section so our settings will be changed to PHP_INI_SYSTEM during merge */
+					zval fakehost;
+					Z_STRLEN(fakehost) = sizeof("HOST=\%fake\%") - 1;
+					Z_STRVAL(fakehost) = zend_strndup("HOST=\%fake\%", Z_STRLEN(fakehost));
+					Z_TYPE(fakehost) = IS_STRING;
+					php_ini_parser_cb(&fakehost, NULL, NULL, ZEND_INI_PARSER_SECTION, &configuration_hash TSRMLS_CC);
+
+					if (zend_parse_ini_file(&fh, 1, ZEND_INI_SCANNER_NORMAL, (zend_ini_parser_cb_t) php_ini_parser_cb, &configuration_hash TSRMLS_CC) == SUCCESS) {
+						/* Here, add it to the list of ini files read */
+						int add_len = strlen(php_ini_extra) + 2;
+
+						int php_ini_scanned_files_len = (php_ini_scanned_files) ? strlen(php_ini_scanned_files) + 1 : 0;
+						php_ini_scanned_files = (char *) realloc(php_ini_scanned_files, php_ini_scanned_files_len + add_len + 1);
+						if (!php_ini_scanned_files_len) {
+							*php_ini_scanned_files = '\0';
+						}
+						add_len += php_ini_scanned_files_len;
+						if (php_ini_scanned_files_len) {
+							php_ini_scanned_files[php_ini_scanned_files_len - 2] = '\0';
+							strlcat(php_ini_scanned_files, ",\n", add_len);
+						}
+						strlcat(php_ini_scanned_files, php_ini_extra, add_len);
+						strlcat(php_ini_scanned_files, "\n", add_len);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (sapi_module.ini_entries) {
 		/* Reset active ini section */
 		RESET_ACTIVE_INI_HASH();
diff -Naur php-5.3.2.orig/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c php-5.3.2/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c
--- php-5.3.2.orig/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c	2012-09-06 13:37:47.599471003 +0200
+++ php-5.3.2/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c	2012-09-06 14:06:10.504809677 +0200
@@ -832,6 +832,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (php_ini_has_per_host_config()) {
+		/* activate our fake host entries. lowercase string required! */
+		php_ini_activate_per_host_config("\%fake\%", sizeof("\%fake\%") TSRMLS_CC);
+
 		/* Activate per-host-system-configuration defined in php.ini and stored into configuration_hash during startup */
 		if (fcgi_is_fastcgi()) {
 			fcgi_request *request = (fcgi_request*) SG(server_context);