diff --git a/mod_php_install.sh b/mod_php_install.sh
index 888356a..1d34296 100755
--- a/mod_php_install.sh
+++ b/mod_php_install.sh
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ _required_base_packages="$_required_base_packages
    libcrypto++-dev
    libzip-dev
    libharfbuzz-dev
+   libsodium-dev
    libxmlrpc-epi-dev"
 
    # libcroco3-dev
@@ -2157,6 +2158,7 @@ if ([[ "$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION" -eq 7 ]] && [[ "$PHP_MINOR_VERSION" -gt 3 ]]) \
    --with-zip
    --with-zlib
    --with-pear
+   --with-sodium
 "
 else
    config_params="$config_params