diff --git a/src/SPC/store/SourcePatcher.php b/src/SPC/store/SourcePatcher.php
index 02d7d38a..be2a41e8 100644
--- a/src/SPC/store/SourcePatcher.php
+++ b/src/SPC/store/SourcePatcher.php
@@ -588,13 +588,18 @@ class SourcePatcher
      */
     public static function patchSPCVersionToPHP(string $version = 'unknown'): void
     {
-        // detect patch
+        // detect patch (remove this when 8.3 deprecated)
         $file = FileSystem::readFile(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/main/main.c');
         if (!str_contains($file, 'static-php-cli.version')) {
             logger()->debug('Inserting static-php-cli.version to php-src');
             $file = str_replace('PHP_INI_BEGIN()', "PHP_INI_BEGIN()\n\tPHP_INI_ENTRY(\"static-php-cli.version\",\t\"{$version}\",\tPHP_INI_ALL,\tNULL)", $file);
             FileSystem::writeFile(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/main/main.c', $file);
         }
+
+        // add PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER
+        if (getenv('PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER') === false) {
+            putenv("PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER=static-php-cli {$version}");
+        }
     }
 
     /**