diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4d59a5..af0efca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ PHP plugin for [asdf version manager](https://github.com/HashNuke/asdf).
 
 *Original version of this plugin created by [@Stratus3D](https://github.com/Stratus3D)*
 
+## Note: PHP-PEAR
+
+PHP Pear is down without ETA for when the server will be back. To install PHP without Pear you can specify a `PHP_WITHOUT_PEAR` variable with any value (except no), eg:
+
+```
+PHP_WITHOUT_PEAR=yes asdf install php 7.2.14
+```
+
 ## Why using this plug-in?
 
 [Original plug-in](https://github.com/Stratus3D/asdf-php) appears to be unmaintained and it doesn't work anymore (at least on OSX), so I fixed it to provide compatibility and improve it's documentation.
diff --git a/bin/install b/bin/install
index 96511af..0e97d2f 100755
--- a/bin/install
+++ b/bin/install
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ construct_configure_options() {
     local configure_options="$PHP_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS $global_config"
   fi
 
+  if [ "${PHP_WITHOUT_PEAR:-no}" != "no" ]; then
+    configure_options="$configure_options --without-pear"
+  fi
+
   echo "$configure_options"
 }