diff --git a/install-php-extensions b/install-php-extensions
index e8c201f..9830b2a 100755
--- a/install-php-extensions
+++ b/install-php-extensions
@@ -1880,6 +1880,13 @@ installRemoteModule() {
 			fi
 			;;
 		ssh2)
+			if test -z "$installRemoteModule_version"; then
+				if test $PHP_MAJMIN_VERSION -le 506; then
+					installRemoteModule_version=0.13
+				elif test $PHP_MAJMIN_VERSION -le 704; then
+					installRemoteModule_version=1.2
+				fi
+			fi
 			if test -z "$installRemoteModule_version" && test $PHP_MAJMIN_VERSION -ge 800; then
 				installRemoteModule_src="$(getPackageSource https://codeload.github.com/php/pecl-networking-ssh2/tar.gz/93265d71bdeb23350e8320126c7949ed791310df)"
 				cd -- "$installRemoteModule_src"