diff --git a/bindings/php/config.m4 b/bindings/php/config.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f3e6b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/php/config.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+PHP_ARG_ENABLE(sigar, whether to enable Sigar support,
+[ --enable-sigar   Enable Sigar support])
+
+if test "$PHP_SIGAR" = "yes"; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SIGAR, 1, [Whether you have Sigar])
+  dnl hardwired for the moment
+  SIGAR_LIBNAME=sigar-universal-macosx
+  SIGAR_INSTALLDIR=../java/sigar-bin
+  SIGAR_LIB_DIR=$SIGAR_INSTALLDIR/lib
+  SIGAR_INC_DIR=$SIGAR_INSTALLDIR/include
+  PHP_ADD_LIBRARY_WITH_PATH($SIGAR_LIBNAME, $SIGAR_LIB_DIR, SIGAR_SHARED_LIBADD)
+  PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($SIGAR_INC_DIR)
+  PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(sigar, php_sigar.c, $ext_shared)
+  PHP_SUBST(SIGAR_SHARED_LIBADD)
+fi
diff --git a/bindings/php/php_sigar.c b/bindings/php/php_sigar.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70bd410a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/php/php_sigar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "php.h"
+#include "php_sigar.h"
+#include "sigar.h"
+#include "sigar_fileinfo.h"
+#include "sigar_format.h"
+
+#define PHP_SIGAR_RETURN_STRING(s) \
+    RETURN_STRING(s, 1)
+
+static char *php_sigar_net_address_to_string(sigar_net_address_t address)
+{
+    char addr_str[SIGAR_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+    sigar_net_address_to_string(NULL, &address, addr_str);
+    return estrdup(addr_str);
+}
+
+#define PHP_SIGAR_RETURN_NETADDR(a) \
+    RETURN_STRING(php_sigar_net_address_to_string(a), 0)
+
+#define zSIGAR_PARSE_PID \
+    zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "l", &pid)
+
+#define zSIGAR_PARSE_NAME \
+    zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "s", &name, &name_len)
+
+#define zSIGAR_OBJ \
+    (((php_sigar_obj_t *)zend_object_store_get_object(getThis() TSRMLS_CC))->ptr)
+
+#define zSIGAR \
+    sigar_t *sigar = (sigar_t *)zSIGAR_OBJ
+
+typedef struct {
+    zend_object std;
+    void *ptr;
+} php_sigar_obj_t;
+
+static void php_sigar_obj_dtor(void *object TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+    php_sigar_obj_t *intern = (php_sigar_obj_t *)object;
+
+    zend_object_std_dtor(&intern->std TSRMLS_CC);
+    if (intern->ptr) {
+        efree(intern->ptr);
+    }
+    efree(intern);
+}
+
+static zend_object_value php_sigar_ctor(zend_objects_free_object_storage_t dtor,
+                                        zend_object_handlers *handlers,
+                                        php_sigar_obj_t **obj,
+                                        zend_class_entry *class_type)
+{
+    php_sigar_obj_t *intern = emalloc(sizeof(*intern));
+    zend_object_value retval;
+
+    memset(intern, 0, sizeof(*intern));
+    if (obj) {
+        *obj = intern;
+    }
+
+    zend_object_std_init(&intern->std, class_type TSRMLS_CC);
+
+    retval.handle = zend_objects_store_put(intern,
+                                           NULL,
+                                           dtor,
+                                           NULL TSRMLS_CC);
+
+    retval.handlers = handlers;
+
+    return retval;
+}
+
+static void php_sigar_close(void *object TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+    php_sigar_obj_t *intern = (php_sigar_obj_t *)object;
+
+    if (!intern) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (intern->ptr) {
+        sigar_close((sigar_t *)intern->ptr);
+        intern->ptr = NULL;
+    }
+
+    php_sigar_obj_dtor(object);
+}
+
+static zend_object_handlers php_sigar_object_handlers;
+
+static zend_object_value php_sigar_new(zend_class_entry *class_type TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+    php_sigar_obj_t *intern;
+
+    zend_object_value retval =
+        php_sigar_ctor(php_sigar_close,
+                       &php_sigar_object_handlers,
+                       &intern,
+                       class_type);
+
+    sigar_open(&((sigar_t *)intern->ptr));
+
+    return retval;
+}
+
+static php_sigar_obj_t *php_sigar_obj_new(char *name, zval *object TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+    zend_class_entry **ce;
+    zend_lookup_class(name, strlen(name), &ce TSRMLS_CC);
+    Z_TYPE_P(object) = IS_OBJECT;
+    object_init_ex(object, *ce);
+    object->refcount = 1;
+    object->is_ref = 0;
+    return (php_sigar_obj_t *)zend_object_store_get_object(object TSRMLS_CC);
+}
+
+#define PHP_SIGAR_INIT_HANDLERS(handlers) \
+    memcpy(&handlers, zend_get_std_object_handlers(), sizeof(handlers)); \
+    handlers.clone_obj = NULL
+
+#include "php_sigar_generated.c"
+
+static zend_function_entry php_sigar_class_functions[] = {
+    PHP_SIGAR_FUNCTIONS
+    {NULL, NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+static PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(sigar)
+{
+    zend_class_entry ce;
+
+    PHP_SIGAR_INIT_HANDLERS(php_sigar_object_handlers);
+    INIT_CLASS_ENTRY(ce, "Sigar", php_sigar_class_functions);
+    ce.create_object = php_sigar_new;
+    zend_register_internal_class(&ce TSRMLS_CC);
+
+    PHP_SIGAR_INIT;
+
+    return SUCCESS;
+}
+
+zend_function_entry php_sigar_functions[] = {
+    {NULL, NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+zend_module_entry sigar_module_entry = {
+    STANDARD_MODULE_HEADER,
+    "sigar",
+    php_sigar_functions,
+    PHP_MINIT(sigar),
+    NULL,
+    NULL,
+    NULL,
+    NULL,
+    "0.1",
+    STANDARD_MODULE_PROPERTIES
+};
+
+#ifdef COMPILE_DL_SIGAR
+ZEND_GET_MODULE(sigar)
+#endif
diff --git a/bindings/php/php_sigar.h b/bindings/php/php_sigar.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd56da93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/php/php_sigar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef PHP_SIGAR_H
+#define PHP_SIGAR_H 1
+
+extern zend_module_entry sigar_module_entry;
+
+#endif