diff --git a/make/swig.mk b/make/swig.mk
index f21cc4a4..916d898b 100644
--- a/make/swig.mk
+++ b/make/swig.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ ifeq ($(SWIG_TARGET),php)
   endif
   PHP                       ?= php$(PHP_MAJOR)
   #PHP                      ?= $(firstword $(notdir $(wildcard /usr/share/php*)))
-  SWIG_OPTS                 ?= -$(PHP) -DJW_PHP_MAJOR=$(PHP_MAJOR)
+  # Funny: swig --help states -php7 is for PHP8 and later
+  SWIG_OPTS                 ?= -php7 -DJW_PHP_MAJOR=$(PHP_MAJOR)
   SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR     = $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/share/$(PHP)
 
   #SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_DIR      = /usr/include/$(PHP)
@@ -166,7 +167,9 @@ SWIG_TARGETMODE             ?= 0644
 SWIG_WRAPPER_DEP_MK          = swig.dep.mk
 
 SWIG_INSTALLED_SO            = $(addprefix $(INSTALL_LIBDIR)/,$(SWIG_MODULE_SO))
-SWIG_INSTALLED_MODULE_TARGET = $(addprefix $(SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR)/,$(SWIG_MODULE_TARGET))
+ifneq ($(SWIG_TARGET),php)
+  SWIG_INSTALLED_MODULE_TARGET = $(addprefix $(SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR)/,$(SWIG_MODULE_TARGET))
+endif
 
 SWIG_DEFINES                += -DNON_C_BINDING
 SWIG_OPTS                   += $(SWIG_DEFINES)