diff --git a/archivers/php-lz4/Makefile b/archivers/php-lz4/Makefile
index ae6b2c0fd091..cb370abf7ec7 100644
--- a/archivers/php-lz4/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/php-lz4/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	lz4
 DISTVERSION=	0.5.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	pkaipila@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	LZ4 extension for PHP
 WWW=		https://github.com/kjdev/php-ext-lz4
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4
 
 USES=		php:ext
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	kjdev
 GH_PROJECT=	php-ext-lz4
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-lz4-includedir=${LOCALBASE}
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		APCU
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	APCU
+
+APCU_DESC=		APCu cache compression support for objects
+
+APCU_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/php/ext/apcu/apc_serializer.h:devel/pecl-APCu@${PHP_FLAVOR}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/php-lz4/pkg-descr b/archivers/php-lz4/pkg-descr
index b13026050001..2d0b57a6d4f2 100644
--- a/archivers/php-lz4/pkg-descr
+++ b/archivers/php-lz4/pkg-descr
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-This is the extension PHP extension for lz4
-a lossless compression algorithm, providing
-hi compression speed and multi-core scalability.
+This is the extension PHP extension for lz4, an extremely fast lossless
+compression algorithm providing high compression speed and multi-core
+scalability.
+
+This extension can also transparently compress objects stored in
+APCu cache. Just set apc.serializer=lz4 in your php.ini.