diff --git a/src/bindings/php/SConscript b/src/bindings/php/SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9962264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bindings/php/SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# -*- python -*-
+Import('env')
+
+phpenv = env.Clone()
+
+phpenv.Append(CPPPATH = ['../../', '/usr/include/php5', '/usr/include/php5/main', '/usr/include/php5/Zend', '/usr/include/php5/TSRM'])
+phpenv.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-fpic', '-DSWIG', '-Wno-unused-variable', '-Wno-unused-label', '-Wno-unused-function', '-Wno-missing-field-initializers'])
+phpenv.Append(SWIGFLAGS = '-DHAMMER_INTERNAL__NO_STDARG_H -Isrc/ -php')
+
+swig = ['../swig/hammer.i']
+
+libhammer_php = phpenv.SharedLibrary('hammer', swig)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bindings/swig/hammer.i b/src/bindings/swig/hammer.i
index 13c30a4..971b37f 100644
--- a/src/bindings/swig/hammer.i
+++ b/src/bindings/swig/hammer.i
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
   #warning no uint8_t* typemaps defined
 #endif
 
+//%include "typemaps.i"
  // All the include paths are relative to the build, i.e., ../../. If you need to build these manually (i.e., not with scons), keep that in mind.
 %{
 #include "allocator.h"
@@ -344,3 +345,5 @@ def int64(): return _h_int64()
 %}
 
 #endif
+//%apply const char* { const uint8_t* }
+