diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index d8bf0221e83e..c653349f9e42 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -1400,11 +1400,43 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_POLL_MECHANISMS],
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_EPOLL], [1], [Define if epoll is available])
     poll_mechanisms="$poll_mechanisms epoll"
 
-    AC_CHECK_FUNCS([epoll_pwait2], [],
-      [AC_CHECK_DECL([epoll_pwait2],
-        [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_EPOLL_PWAIT2], [1])],
-        [],
-        [#include <sys/epoll.h>])])
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether epoll_pwait2 works], [php_cv_have_working_epoll_pwait2],
+      [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int epfd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+	struct epoll_event ev;
+	struct timespec timeout = {0, 0};
+
+	if (epfd < 0) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (epoll_pwait2(epfd, &ev, 1, &timeout, (void*)0) < 0) {
+#ifdef ENOSYS
+		if (errno == ENOSYS) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+#endif
+#ifdef ENOTSUP
+		if (errno == ENOTSUP) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+#endif
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+]])],
+      [php_cv_have_working_epoll_pwait2=yes],
+      [php_cv_have_working_epoll_pwait2=no],
+      [php_cv_have_working_epoll_pwait2=no])])
+    AS_VAR_IF([php_cv_have_working_epoll_pwait2], [yes],
+      [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_EPOLL_PWAIT2], [1],
+        [Define if epoll_pwait2 is available])])
   ])
 
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([