diff --git a/php.conf b/php.conf
index bf19554..82b206b 100644
--- a/php.conf
+++ b/php.conf
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 # Apache specific PHP configuration options
 # those can be override in each configured vhost
 #
-php_value session.save_path "/var/lib/php/session"
+php_value session.save_handler "files"
+php_value session.save_path    "/var/lib/php/session"