diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine b/tests/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine
index ef30048f5..79a8f0a70 100644
--- a/tests/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	\
 	apk del --no-network .fetch-deps
 
-COPY docker-php-source /usr/local/bin/
+COPY tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-source /usr/local/bin/
 
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 # smoke test
 	php --version
 
-COPY docker-php-ext-* docker-php-entrypoint /usr/local/bin/
+COPY tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-* tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-entrypoint /usr/local/bin/
 
 # sodium was built as a shared module (so that it can be replaced later if so desired), so let's enable it too (https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues/598)
 RUN docker-php-ext-enable sodium
diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-entrypoint b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-entrypoint
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..86343d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-entrypoint
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# first arg is `-f` or `--some-option`
+if [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; then
+	set -- php-fpm "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-configure b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-configure
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..34fc1337d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# prefer user supplied CFLAGS, but default to our PHP_CFLAGS
+: ${CFLAGS:=$PHP_CFLAGS}
+: ${CPPFLAGS:=$PHP_CPPFLAGS}
+: ${LDFLAGS:=$PHP_LDFLAGS}
+export CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
+
+srcExists=
+if [ -d /usr/src/php ]; then
+	srcExists=1
+fi
+docker-php-source extract
+if [ -z "$srcExists" ]; then
+	touch /usr/src/php/.docker-delete-me
+fi
+
+cd /usr/src/php/ext
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $0 ext-name [configure flags]"
+	echo "   ie: $0 gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/something"
+	echo
+	echo 'Possible values for ext-name:'
+	find . \
+			-mindepth 2 \
+			-maxdepth 2 \
+			-type f \
+			-name 'config.m4' \
+		| xargs -n1 dirname \
+		| xargs -n1 basename \
+		| sort \
+		| xargs
+	echo
+	echo 'Some of the above modules are already compiled into PHP; please check'
+	echo 'the output of "php -i" to see which modules are already loaded.'
+}
+
+ext="$1"
+if [ -z "$ext" ] || [ ! -d "$ext" ]; then
+	usage >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+shift
+
+pm='unknown'
+if [ -e /lib/apk/db/installed ]; then
+	pm='apk'
+fi
+
+if [ "$pm" = 'apk' ]; then
+	if \
+		[ -n "$PHPIZE_DEPS" ] \
+		&& ! apk info --installed .phpize-deps > /dev/null \
+		&& ! apk info --installed .phpize-deps-configure > /dev/null \
+	; then
+		apk add --no-cache --virtual .phpize-deps-configure $PHPIZE_DEPS
+	fi
+fi
+
+if command -v dpkg-architecture > /dev/null; then
+	gnuArch="$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)"
+	set -- --build="$gnuArch" "$@"
+fi
+
+cd "$ext"
+phpize
+./configure --enable-option-checking=fatal "$@"
diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-enable b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-enable
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..41d20bbe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-enable
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+extDir="$(php -d 'display_errors=stderr' -r 'echo ini_get("extension_dir");')"
+cd "$extDir"
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $0 [options] module-name [module-name ...]"
+	echo "   ie: $0 gd mysqli"
+	echo "       $0 pdo pdo_mysql"
+	echo "       $0 --ini-name 0-apc.ini apcu apc"
+	echo
+	echo 'Possible values for module-name:'
+	find -maxdepth 1 \
+			-type f \
+			-name '*.so' \
+			-exec basename '{}' ';' \
+		| sort \
+		| xargs
+	echo
+	echo 'Some of the above modules are already compiled into PHP; please check'
+	echo 'the output of "php -i" to see which modules are already loaded.'
+}
+
+opts="$(getopt -o 'h?' --long 'help,ini-name:' -- "$@" || { usage >&2 && false; })"
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+iniName=
+while true; do
+	flag="$1"
+	shift
+	case "$flag" in
+		--help|-h|'-?') usage && exit 0 ;;
+		--ini-name) iniName="$1" && shift ;;
+		--) break ;;
+		*)
+			{
+				echo "error: unknown flag: $flag"
+				usage
+			} >&2
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+modules=
+for module; do
+	if [ -z "$module" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	if ! [ -f "$module" ] && ! [ -f "$module.so" ]; then
+		echo >&2 "error: '$module' does not exist"
+		echo >&2
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	modules="$modules $module"
+done
+
+if [ -z "$modules" ]; then
+	usage >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+pm='unknown'
+if [ -e /lib/apk/db/installed ]; then
+	pm='apk'
+fi
+
+apkDel=
+if [ "$pm" = 'apk' ]; then
+	if \
+		[ -n "$PHPIZE_DEPS" ] \
+		&& ! apk info --installed .phpize-deps > /dev/null \
+		&& ! apk info --installed .phpize-deps-configure > /dev/null \
+	; then
+		apk add --no-cache --virtual '.docker-php-ext-enable-deps' binutils
+		apkDel='.docker-php-ext-enable-deps'
+	fi
+fi
+
+for module in $modules; do
+	moduleFile="$module"
+	if [ -f "$module.so" ] && ! [ -f "$module" ]; then
+		moduleFile="$module.so"
+	fi
+	if readelf --wide --syms "$moduleFile" | grep -q ' zend_extension_entry$'; then
+		# https://wiki.php.net/internals/extensions#loading_zend_extensions
+		line="zend_extension=$module"
+	else
+		line="extension=$module"
+	fi
+
+	ext="$(basename "$module")"
+	ext="${ext%.*}"
+	if php -d 'display_errors=stderr' -r 'exit(extension_loaded("'"$ext"'") ? 0 : 1);'; then
+		# this isn't perfect, but it's better than nothing
+		# (for example, 'opcache.so' presents inside PHP as 'Zend OPcache', not 'opcache')
+		echo >&2
+		echo >&2 "warning: $ext ($module) is already loaded!"
+		echo >&2
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	case "$iniName" in
+		/*)
+			# allow an absolute path
+			ini="$iniName"
+			;;
+		*)
+			ini="$PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/${iniName:-"docker-php-ext-$ext.ini"}"
+			;;
+	esac
+	if ! grep -qFx -e "$line" -e "$line.so" "$ini" 2>/dev/null; then
+		echo "$line" >> "$ini"
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ "$pm" = 'apk' ] && [ -n "$apkDel" ]; then
+	apk del --no-network $apkDel
+fi
diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-install b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-install
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..aa0b96c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-ext-install
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# prefer user supplied CFLAGS, but default to our PHP_CFLAGS
+: ${CFLAGS:=$PHP_CFLAGS}
+: ${CPPFLAGS:=$PHP_CPPFLAGS}
+: ${LDFLAGS:=$PHP_LDFLAGS}
+export CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
+
+srcExists=
+if [ -d /usr/src/php ]; then
+	srcExists=1
+fi
+docker-php-source extract
+if [ -z "$srcExists" ]; then
+	touch /usr/src/php/.docker-delete-me
+fi
+
+cd /usr/src/php/ext
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $0 [-jN] [--ini-name file.ini] ext-name [ext-name ...]"
+	echo "   ie: $0 gd mysqli"
+	echo "       $0 pdo pdo_mysql"
+	echo "       $0 -j5 gd mbstring mysqli pdo pdo_mysql shmop"
+	echo
+	echo 'if custom ./configure arguments are necessary, see docker-php-ext-configure'
+	echo
+	echo 'Possible values for ext-name:'
+	find . \
+			-mindepth 2 \
+			-maxdepth 2 \
+			-type f \
+			-name 'config.m4' \
+		| xargs -n1 dirname \
+		| xargs -n1 basename \
+		| sort \
+		| xargs
+	echo
+	echo 'Some of the above modules are already compiled into PHP; please check'
+	echo 'the output of "php -i" to see which modules are already loaded.'
+}
+
+opts="$(getopt -o 'h?j:' --long 'help,ini-name:,jobs:' -- "$@" || { usage >&2 && false; })"
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+j=1
+iniName=
+while true; do
+	flag="$1"
+	shift
+	case "$flag" in
+		--help|-h|'-?') usage && exit 0 ;;
+		--ini-name) iniName="$1" && shift ;;
+		--jobs|-j) j="$1" && shift ;;
+		--) break ;;
+		*)
+			{
+				echo "error: unknown flag: $flag"
+				usage
+			} >&2
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+exts=
+for ext; do
+	if [ -z "$ext" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+	if [ ! -d "$ext" ]; then
+		echo >&2 "error: $PWD/$ext does not exist"
+		echo >&2
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	exts="$exts $ext"
+done
+
+if [ -z "$exts" ]; then
+	usage >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+pm='unknown'
+if [ -e /lib/apk/db/installed ]; then
+	pm='apk'
+fi
+
+apkDel=
+if [ "$pm" = 'apk' ]; then
+	if [ -n "$PHPIZE_DEPS" ]; then
+		if apk info --installed .phpize-deps-configure > /dev/null; then
+			apkDel='.phpize-deps-configure'
+		elif ! apk info --installed .phpize-deps > /dev/null; then
+			apk add --no-cache --virtual .phpize-deps $PHPIZE_DEPS
+			apkDel='.phpize-deps'
+		fi
+	fi
+fi
+
+popDir="$PWD"
+for ext in $exts; do
+	cd "$ext"
+
+	[ -e Makefile ] || docker-php-ext-configure "$ext"
+
+	make -j"$j"
+
+	if ! php -n -d 'display_errors=stderr' -r 'exit(ZEND_DEBUG_BUILD ? 0 : 1);' > /dev/null; then
+		# only "strip" modules if we aren't using a debug build of PHP
+		# (none of our builds are debug builds, but PHP might be recompiled with "--enable-debug" configure option)
+		# https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues/1268
+
+		find modules \
+			-maxdepth 1 \
+			-name '*.so' \
+			-exec sh -euxc ' \
+				strip --strip-all "$@" || :
+			' -- '{}' +
+	fi
+
+	make -j"$j" install
+
+	find modules \
+		-maxdepth 1 \
+		-name '*.so' \
+		-exec basename '{}' ';' \
+			| xargs -r docker-php-ext-enable ${iniName:+--ini-name "$iniName"}
+
+	make -j"$j" clean
+
+	cd "$popDir"
+done
+
+if [ "$pm" = 'apk' ] && [ -n "$apkDel" ]; then
+	apk del --no-network $apkDel
+fi
+
+if [ -e /usr/src/php/.docker-delete-me ]; then
+	docker-php-source delete
+fi
diff --git a/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-source b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-source
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9033d243d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dockerfiles/docker-php-source
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+dir=/usr/src/php
+
+usage() {
+	echo "usage: $0 COMMAND"
+	echo
+	echo "Manage php source tarball lifecycle."
+	echo
+	echo "Commands:"
+	echo "   extract  extract php source tarball into directory $dir if not already done."
+	echo "   delete   delete extracted php source located into $dir if not already done."
+	echo
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+	extract)
+		mkdir -p "$dir"
+		if [ ! -f "$dir/.docker-extracted" ]; then
+			tar -Jxf /usr/src/php.tar.xz -C "$dir" --strip-components=1
+			touch "$dir/.docker-extracted"
+		fi
+		;;
+
+	delete)
+		rm -rf "$dir"
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		usage
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac