diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.9.bb
index 451c5e69f8..dd8404e688 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/php/php_7.4.9.bb
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}-cli = "${PN}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-modphp = "${PN} apache2"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-opcache = "${PN}"
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
+
 INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}-fpm"
 inherit update-rc.d