diff --git a/lib/php-extension/RequestProcessor.cpp b/lib/php-extension/RequestProcessor.cpp
index bb5aca99..5e000c6b 100644
--- a/lib/php-extension/RequestProcessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/php-extension/RequestProcessor.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ bool RequestProcessor::Init() {
     return true;
 }
 
+static std::string GetRuntimePhpVersion() {
+    zval* version = zend_get_constant_str(ZEND_STRL("PHP_VERSION"));
+    if (version && Z_TYPE_P(version) == IS_STRING) {
+        return Z_STRVAL_P(version);
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
 std::string RequestProcessor::GetInitData(const std::string& userProvidedToken) {
     LoadEnvironment();
 
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ std::string RequestProcessor::GetInitData(const std::string& userProvidedToken)
     json initData = {
         {"token", globalToken},
         {"platform_name", AIKIDO_GLOBAL(sapi_name)},
-        {"platform_version", PHP_VERSION},
+        {"platform_version", GetRuntimePhpVersion()},
         {"endpoint", AIKIDO_GLOBAL(endpoint)},
         {"config_endpoint", AIKIDO_GLOBAL(config_endpoint)},
         {"log_level", AIKIDO_GLOBAL(log_level_str)},
diff --git a/tests/server/test_platform_version/index.php b/tests/server/test_platform_version/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d482b288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_platform_version/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+echo PHP_VERSION;
diff --git a/tests/server/test_platform_version/start_config.json b/tests/server/test_platform_version/start_config.json
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e96d6b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_platform_version/start_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "success": true,
+    "serviceId": 1,
+    "heartbeatIntervalInMS": 600000,
+    "endpoints": [],
+    "blockedUserIds": [],
+    "allowedIPAddresses": [],
+    "receivedAnyStats": false,
+    "block": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/server/test_platform_version/test.py b/tests/server/test_platform_version/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fb08135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_platform_version/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from testlib import *
+
+'''
+1. Sends a request to a page that prints the PHP version of the running server.
+2. Checks that the 'started' event reports that version, not the version of the PHP headers the extension was built against.
+'''
+
+def run_test():
+    response = php_server_get("/")
+    assert_response_code_is(response, 200)
+
+    events = mock_server_get_events()
+    assert_event_contains_subset("__root", events[0], {"type": "started", "agent": {"platform": {"version": response.text}}})
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    load_test_args()
+    run_test()