diff --git a/mod_php_install.sh b/mod_php_install.sh
index d89254b..6a321ca 100755
--- a/mod_php_install.sh
+++ b/mod_php_install.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ else
    SYSTEMD_EXISTS=true
 fi
 
+# - Set variable
+# -    os_dist
+# -    os_version
+# -    os_codename
+# -
+detect_os_1
+
 _required_base_packages=""
 _required_compiler_packages=""
 _required_extension_packages=""
@@ -1021,8 +1028,17 @@ config_params="
    --with-pcre-regex \
    --enable-wddx \
    --enable-exif \
-   --with-zlib \
-   --with-openssl \
+   --with-zlib"
+
+if [[ "$os_dist" = "debian" ]] && [[ $os_version -gt 8 ]] &&  [[ $MAIN_VERSION -lt 7 ]]; then
+   config_params="$config_params \
+   --with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl"
+else
+   config_params="$config_params \
+    --with-openssl"
+fi
+
+config_params="$config_params \
    --with-gdbm \
    --with-jpeg-dir \
    --with-png-dir \
@@ -1124,14 +1140,26 @@ if $WITH_PHP_FPM_SUPPORT ; then
    config_params="$config_params --enable-fpm"
 fi
 
+echo "LDFLAGS=\"-s\" \
+./configure $config_params" > ${_logdir}/php-configure.log
+echo "" >> ${_logdir}/php-configure.log
+
 LDFLAGS="-s" \
-./configure $config_params > ${_logdir}/php-configure.log 2>&1
+./configure $config_params >> ${_logdir}/php-configure.log 2>&1
+if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+   echo_ok
+else
+   echo_failed
+   fatal "Configuring PHP failed!\n\t           see ${_logdir}/php-configure.log for more details"
+fi
+
+echononl "\tGoing to compile.."
 make > ${_logdir}/php-make.log 2>&1
 if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
    echo_ok
 else
    echo_failed
-   fatal "Configuring PHP failed!\n\t           see ${_logdir}/php-make.log for more details"
+   fatal "Compiling PHP failed!\n\t           see ${_logdir}/php-make.log for more details"
 fi