diff --git a/profiles/server/package.mask b/profiles/server/package.mask
index e8376889..233f7a66 100644
--- a/profiles/server/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/server/package.mask
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Manually control kernel version
 >=sys-kernel/hardened-sources-4.9
 
+>=dev-lang/php-7
+
 =net-misc/openvswitch-2.6.0 # installation failed
 =www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.43 # crash #2762: http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2762