diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine.template b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
index b1a0f96b..42b6318a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM php:7.1-%%VARIANT%%
+FROM php:%%PHP_VERSION%%-%%VARIANT%%
 
 # entrypoint.sh and cron.sh dependencies
 RUN set -ex; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-debian.template b/Dockerfile-debian.template
index a5db872a..e55ce5e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-debian.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-debian.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM php:7.1-%%VARIANT%%
+FROM php:%%PHP_VERSION%%-%%VARIANT%%
 
 # entrypoint.sh and cron.sh dependencies
 RUN set -ex; \
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index dc54b070..c14a551a 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
+declare -A php_version=(
+	[default]='7.1'
+)
+
 declare -A cmd=(
 	[apache]='apache2-foreground'
 	[fpm]='php-fpm'
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ for latest in "${latests[@]}"; do
 
 			# Replace the variables.
 			sed -ri -e '
+				s/%%PHP_VERSION%%/'"${php_version[$version]-${php_version[default]}}"'/g;
 				s/%%VARIANT%%/'"$variant"'/g;
 				s/%%VERSION%%/'"$latest"'/g;
 				s/%%CMD%%/'"${cmd[$variant]}"'/g;