diff --git a/7.3/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile b/7.3/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
index becd4ef61..11eae06a7 100644
--- a/7.3/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/7.3/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/7.3/buster/zts/Dockerfile b/7.3/buster/zts/Dockerfile
index 68b3039ed..94aa0750a 100644
--- a/7.3/buster/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/7.3/buster/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/7.4/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile b/7.4/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
index 9ec22c9e9..75e51afa3 100644
--- a/7.4/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/7.4/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/7.4/buster/zts/Dockerfile b/7.4/buster/zts/Dockerfile
index 4dab3cbb2..1548b94c9 100644
--- a/7.4/buster/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/7.4/buster/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/8.0/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile b/8.0/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
index 192da3cfe..2a705b394 100644
--- a/8.0/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.0/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/8.0/buster/zts/Dockerfile b/8.0/buster/zts/Dockerfile
index 6b25345d8..eb19f13a5 100644
--- a/8.0/buster/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.0/buster/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/8.1-rc/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile b/8.1-rc/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
index 7349cb627..3f54e5c6a 100644
--- a/8.1-rc/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.1-rc/bullseye/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/8.1-rc/buster/zts/Dockerfile b/8.1-rc/buster/zts/Dockerfile
index 9d0f6fc4c..82361e28e 100644
--- a/8.1-rc/buster/zts/Dockerfile
+++ b/8.1-rc/buster/zts/Dockerfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html; \
 	chmod 777 /var/www/html
 
-ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --disable-cgi
+ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-zts --enable-embed --disable-cgi
 
 # Apply stack smash protection to functions using local buffers and alloca()
 # Make PHP's main executable position-independent (improves ASLR security mechanism, and has no performance impact on x86_64)
diff --git a/Dockerfile-linux.template b/Dockerfile-linux.template
index d980dc844..f53cb2873 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-linux.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-linux.template
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ ENV PHP_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS {{
 	else
 		"--enable-maintainer-zts"
 	end
+-}}
+{{
+	if (is_alpine | not) then
+		" --enable-embed"
+	else "" end
 }} --disable-cgi
 
 {{ ) else "" end -}}