diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23989ed..3324b00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ Here's the list of all the supported environment variables:
 | | `IPE_DEBUG=1` | By setting this environment variable, the script will print all the commands it executes (it will be very verbose, useful only for debug purposes) |
 | | `IPE_PROCESSOR_COUNT` | By default all available processors. Set this environment variable to override the number of processors detected by the script (used for parallel compilation) |
 | | `IPE_DONT_ENABLE=1` | By default the script will install and enable the extensions.<br />If you want to only install them (without enabling them) you can set this environment variable.<br />To enable the extensions at a later time you can execute the command `docker-php-ext-enable-<extension>` (for example: `docker-php-ext-enable-xdebug`).<br />**Beware**: installing some PHP extensions requires that other PHP extensions are already enabled, so use this feature wisely. |
+| | `IPE_SKIP_CHECK=1` | By default the script will check if the extensions can be enabled: if you want to skip this check, you can use this flag.<br />**Beware**: extensions may be enabled even if they break PHP: use this function wisely. |
 | | `IPE_KEEP_SYSPKG_CACHE=1` | By default the script will clear the apt/apk/pear cache in order to save disk space. You can disable it by setting this environment variable |
 | lzf | `IPE_LZF_BETTERCOMPRESSION=1` | By default `install-php-extensions` compiles the `lzf` extension to prefer speed over size; you can use this environment variable to compile it preferring size over speed |
 | event | `IPE_EVENT_NAMESPACE=`... | By default, the `event` classes are defined in the root namespace. You can use this environment variable to specify a custom namespace |
diff --git a/install-php-extensions b/install-php-extensions
index b2355e4..3c68e11 100755
--- a/install-php-extensions
+++ b/install-php-extensions
@@ -2640,13 +2640,18 @@ EOF
 			esac
 			;;
 	esac
-	php -r 'return;' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
-	installBundledModule_errAfter="$(php -r 'return;' 2>&1 || true)"
-	if test "$installBundledModule_errAfter" != "$installBundledModule_errBefore"; then
-		printf 'PHP has problems after installing the "%s" extension:\n%s\n' "$1" "$installBundledModule_errAfter" >&2
-		rm "$PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/docker-php-ext-$1.ini" || true
-		return 1
-	fi
+	case "${IPE_SKIP_CHECK:-}" in
+		1 | y* | Y*) ;;
+		*)
+			php -r 'return;' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
+			installBundledModule_errAfter="$(php -r 'return;' 2>&1 || true)"
+			if test "$installBundledModule_errAfter" != "$installBundledModule_errBefore"; then
+				printf 'PHP has problems after installing the "%s" extension:\n%s\n' "$1" "$installBundledModule_errAfter" >&2
+				rm "$PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/docker-php-ext-$1.ini" || true
+				return 1
+			fi
+			;;
+	esac
 }
 
 # Fetch a tar.gz file, extract it and returns the path of the extracted folder.
@@ -4229,7 +4234,12 @@ installRemoteModule() {
 	fi
 	postProcessModule "$installRemoteModule_module"
 	if test $installRemoteModule_manuallyInstalled -lt 2; then
-		checkModuleWorking "$installRemoteModule_module" "$installRemoteModule_ini_basename" "$installRemoteModule_ini_extra"
+		case "${IPE_SKIP_CHECK:-}" in
+			1 | y* | Y*) ;;
+			*)
+				checkModuleWorking "$installRemoteModule_module" "$installRemoteModule_ini_basename" "$installRemoteModule_ini_extra"
+				;;
+		esac
 		enablePhpExtension "$installRemoteModule_module" "$installRemoteModule_ini_basename" "$installRemoteModule_ini_extra"
 	fi
 }