diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56 b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
index 0f7e0661..acd02b80 100644
--- a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
+++ b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-56
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION} = true ]; then \
         && make install \
     ) \
     && rm /tmp/aerospike-client-php.tar.gz \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable aerospike \
 ;fi
 
 #####################################
diff --git a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70 b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
index 93deeae0..20aaf5a9 100644
--- a/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
+++ b/php-fpm/Dockerfile-70
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION} = true ]; then \
         && make install \
     ) \
     && rm /tmp/aerospike-client-php.tar.gz \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable aerospike \
 ;fi
 
 #####################################
diff --git a/php-fpm/aerospike.ini b/php-fpm/aerospike.ini
index f9c8f614..2f2aa1b7 100644
--- a/php-fpm/aerospike.ini
+++ b/php-fpm/aerospike.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-extension=aerospike.so
 aerospike.udf.lua_system_path=/usr/local/aerospike/lua
 aerospike.udf.lua_user_path=/usr/local/aerospike/usr-lua
\ No newline at end of file