--- ./pear/Makefile.frag.orig	2013-04-12 07:02:27.041602514 +0000
+++ ./pear/Makefile.frag	2013-04-12 07:04:09.065836822 +0000
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 peardir=$(PEAR_INSTALLDIR)
 
+# help the built php to find xml extension so we can install pear
+PEAR_INSTALL_XML_FLAGS = -d extension_dir="$(top_builddir)/modules" -d extension=xml.so
+
 # Skip all php.ini files altogether
-PEAR_INSTALL_FLAGS = -n -dshort_open_tag=0 -dopen_basedir= -derror_reporting=1803 -dmemory_limit=-1 -ddetect_unicode=0
+PEAR_INSTALL_FLAGS = -n -dshort_open_tag=0 -dopen_basedir= -derror_reporting=1803 -dmemory_limit=-1 -ddetect_unicode=0 $(PEAR_INSTALL_XML_FLAGS)
 
 WGET = `which wget 2>/dev/null`
 FETCH = `which fetch 2>/dev/null`
