diff --git a/make/swig.mk b/make/swig.mk
index 03fd4df0..e0305e01 100644
--- a/make/swig.mk
+++ b/make/swig.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ ifeq ($(SWIG_TARGET),php)
 
   SWIG_LANG                  ?= php
   SWIG_TARGET_EXT            ?= php
-  SWIG_OPTS                   ?= -php5
-  SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR      = $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/share/php5
+  PHP                        ?= php7
+  #PHP                        ?= $(firstword $(notdir $(wildcard /usr/share/php*)))
+  SWIG_OPTS                   ?= -$(PHP)
+  SWIG_MODULE_TARGET_DIR      = $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/share/$(PHP)
 
-  SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_DIR        = /usr/include/php5
+  SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_DIR        = /usr/include/$(PHP)
   SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_SUBDIRS    = . main TSRM Zend
   SWIG_PHP_MODULE_INI         = $(SWIG_MODULE).ini
-  SWIG_PHP_MODULE_INI_DIR     = $(ENV_PREFIX)/etc/php5/conf.d
+  SWIG_PHP_MODULE_INI_DIR     = $(ENV_PREFIX)/etc/$(PHP)/conf.d
   #SWIG_PHP_NAMESPACE         ?= $(SWIG_MODULE)
 
   SWIG_GENERATED_EXTRA       += $(SWIG_PHP_MODULE_INI)
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ ifeq ($(SWIG_TARGET),php)
   SWIG_CLEAN                 += php_$(SWIG_MODULE_H) $(SWIG_PHP_MODULE_INI)
 
   INCLUDE                    += $(addprefix -I$(SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_DIR)/,$(SWIG_PHP_INCLUDE_SUBDIRS))
-  INSTALL_LIBDIR              = $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/$(SYSTEM_LIBDIR_NAME)/php5/extensions
+  INSTALL_LIBDIR              = $(ENV_PREFIX)/usr/$(SYSTEM_LIBDIR_NAME)/$(PHP)/extensions
   LOCAL_CFLAGS               += -Wno-unused-label -Wno-unused-function
   LOCAL_CPPFLAGS             += -Wno-unused-label -Wno-unused-function