diff --git a/ext/standard/info.c b/ext/standard/info.c
index 8a706ef62eb57..aa03be761c052 100644
--- a/ext/standard/info.c
+++ b/ext/standard/info.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ PHPAPI ZEND_COLD void php_print_info(int flag)
 		php_info_print_box_end();
 		php_info_print_table_start();
 		php_info_print_table_row(2, "System", ZSTR_VAL(php_uname));
-		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build Date", __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
+		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build Date", php_build_date);
 #ifdef PHP_BUILD_SYSTEM
 		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build System", PHP_BUILD_SYSTEM);
 #endif
diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index 0b38f303c58fc..0f422fd3978f1 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ PHPAPI size_t core_globals_offset;
 
 #define SAFE_FILENAME(f) ((f)?(f):"-")
 
+const char php_build_date[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
+
 PHPAPI const char *php_version(void)
 {
 	return PHP_VERSION;
@@ -110,8 +112,8 @@ PHPAPI unsigned int php_version_id(void)
 PHPAPI char *php_get_version(sapi_module_struct *sapi_module)
 {
 	char *version_info;
-	spprintf(&version_info, 0, "PHP %s (%s) (built: %s %s) (%s)\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\n%s%s",
-		PHP_VERSION, sapi_module->name, __DATE__, __TIME__,
+	spprintf(&version_info, 0, "PHP %s (%s) (built: %s) (%s)\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\n%s%s",
+		PHP_VERSION, sapi_module->name, php_build_date,
 #ifdef ZTS
 		"ZTS"
 #else
diff --git a/main/main.stub.php b/main/main.stub.php
index b5f848dacc82b..3359d4a1cd0bf 100644
--- a/main/main.stub.php
+++ b/main/main.stub.php
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
  * @cvalue PHP_VERSION_ID
  */
 const PHP_VERSION_ID = UNKNOWN;
+
+/**
+ * @var string
+ * @cvalue php_build_date
+ */
+const PHP_BUILD_DATE = UNKNOWN;
+
 /**
  * @var bool
  * @cvalue PHP_ZTS
diff --git a/main/main_arginfo.h b/main/main_arginfo.h
index 28a7d15f89661..f0d2599baf473 100644
--- a/main/main_arginfo.h
+++ b/main/main_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 793b455a47a0422cee767ef2f6a448a369520542 */
+ * Stub hash: cb5c9a3e48b18a773264378099267550ca9e4fc1 */
 
 static void register_main_symbols(int module_number)
 {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ static void register_main_symbols(int module_number)
 	REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("PHP_RELEASE_VERSION", PHP_RELEASE_VERSION, CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_STRING_CONSTANT("PHP_EXTRA_VERSION", PHP_EXTRA_VERSION, CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_LONG_CONSTANT("PHP_VERSION_ID", PHP_VERSION_ID, CONST_PERSISTENT);
+	REGISTER_STRING_CONSTANT("PHP_BUILD_DATE", php_build_date, CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_BOOL_CONSTANT("PHP_ZTS", PHP_ZTS, CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_BOOL_CONSTANT("PHP_DEBUG", PHP_DEBUG, CONST_PERSISTENT);
 	REGISTER_STRING_CONSTANT("PHP_OS", PHP_OS_STR, CONST_PERSISTENT);
diff --git a/main/php.h b/main/php.h
index a7ff4b6e35bea..5c0b89c328375 100644
--- a/main/php.h
+++ b/main/php.h
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ END_EXTERN_C()
 extern char **environ;
 #endif	/* ifndef PHP_WIN32 */
 
+extern const char php_build_date[];
+
 #ifdef PHP_PWRITE_64
 ssize_t pwrite(int, void *, size_t, off64_t);
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/basic/build_date.phpt b/tests/basic/build_date.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..44f09bab59aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic/build_date.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--TEST--
+PHP_BUILD_DATE
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(PHP_BUILD_DATE);
+?>
+--EXPECTREGEX--
+string\(20\) "[A-Za-z]{3} \d{2} \d{4} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}"