diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7b51c332..3d9ed770 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ services:
           - INSTALL_IMAGEMAGICK=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_IMAGEMAGICK}
           - INSTALL_GMP=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_GMP}
           - INSTALL_PGSQL=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_PGSQL}
+          - INSTALL_MONGO=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_MONGO}
           - INSTALL_BCMATH=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_BCMATH}
           - INSTALL_OCI8=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_OCI8}
           - INSTALL_PHALCON=${PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_PHALCON}
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index fa9a4a80..d024d11d 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_IMAGEMAGICK=false
 PHP_WORKER_IMAGEMAGICK_VERSION=latest
 PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_GMP=false
 PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_PGSQL=false
+PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_MONGO=false
 PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_BCMATH=false
 # PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_OCI8 Does not work in php5.6 version
 PHP_WORKER_INSTALL_OCI8=false
diff --git a/laravel-horizon/Dockerfile b/laravel-horizon/Dockerfile
index 5d2a4bf5..194f615b 100644
--- a/laravel-horizon/Dockerfile
+++ b/laravel-horizon/Dockerfile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN apk --update add wget \
   procps
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli mbstring pdo pdo_mysql tokenizer xml pcntl
-RUN pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached mcrypt-1.0.1 mongodb && docker-php-ext-enable memcached mongodb
+RUN pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached mcrypt-1.0.1 && docker-php-ext-enable memcached
 
 # Add a non-root user to help install ffmpeg:
 ARG PUID=1000
diff --git a/php-worker/Dockerfile b/php-worker/Dockerfile
index d3f97431..7a964035 100644
--- a/php-worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/php-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ RUN apk --update add wget \
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli mbstring pdo pdo_mysql tokenizer xml pcntl
 RUN if [ $(php -r "echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;") = "5" ]; then \
-  pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached-2.2.0 mcrypt-1.0.1 mongodb && docker-php-ext-enable memcached mongodb \
+  pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached-2.2.0 mcrypt-1.0.1 && docker-php-ext-enable memcached \
 ;else \
-  pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached mcrypt-1.0.1 mongodb && docker-php-ext-enable memcached mongodb \
+  pecl channel-update pecl.php.net && pecl install memcached mcrypt-1.0.1 && docker-php-ext-enable memcached \
 ;fi
 
 # Add a non-root user:
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_SOAP} = true ]; then \
     docker-php-ext-install soap \
 ;fi
 
+# Install MongoDB drivers:
+ARG INSTALL_MONGO=false
+RUN if [ ${INSTALL_MONGO} = true ]; then \
+      if [ $(php -r "echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;") = "5" ]; then \
+        pecl install mongo; \
+        docker-php-ext-enable mongo; \
+      else \
+        pecl install mongodb; \
+        docker-php-ext-enable mongodb; \
+      fi; \
+    fi
+
 #Install BCMath package:
 ARG INSTALL_BCMATH=false
 RUN if [ ${INSTALL_BCMATH} = true ]; then \
@@ -350,6 +362,16 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_XMLRPC} = true ]; then \
     docker-php-ext-install xmlrpc \
 ;fi
 
+RUN if [ $(php -r "echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;") = "5" ]; then \
+      pecl install mongo; \
+      docker-php-ext-enable mongo; \
+      php -m | grep -q 'mongo'; \
+    else \
+      pecl install mongodb; \
+      docker-php-ext-enable mongodb; \
+      php -m | grep -q 'mongodb'; \
+    fi
+
 #
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Optional Supervisord Configuration