diff --git a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
index 13b5e6a394434..eb5ccd7bd0bd0 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
+++ b/UPGRADING.INTERNALS
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ PHP 8.5 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
     for fake closures.
   . Added smart_string_append_printf() matching smart_str_append_printf() for
     char* instead of zend_string*-based smart strings.
+  . Added php_build_provider() to retrieve the value of PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER at
+    runtime.
 
 ========================
 2. Build system changes
diff --git a/ext/standard/info.c b/ext/standard/info.c
index 0211265f954a9..952f0f92fe6e2 100644
--- a/ext/standard/info.c
+++ b/ext/standard/info.c
@@ -805,9 +805,9 @@ PHPAPI ZEND_COLD void php_print_info(int flag)
 #ifdef PHP_BUILD_SYSTEM
 		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build System", PHP_BUILD_SYSTEM);
 #endif
-#ifdef PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER
-		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build Provider", PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER);
-#endif
+		if (php_build_provider()) {
+			php_info_print_table_row(2, "Build Provider", php_build_provider());
+		}
 #ifdef PHP_BUILD_COMPILER
 		php_info_print_table_row(2, "Compiler", PHP_BUILD_COMPILER);
 #endif
diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index 415cb02185e94..50894939782a0 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "zend_dtrace.h"
 #include "zend_observer.h"
 #include "zend_system_id.h"
+#include "zend_smart_string.h"
 
 #include "php_content_types.h"
 #include "php_ticks.h"
@@ -99,20 +100,30 @@ PHPAPI size_t core_globals_offset;
 
 const char php_build_date[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
 
-PHPAPI const char *php_version(void)
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI const char *php_version(void)
 {
 	return PHP_VERSION;
 }
 
-PHPAPI unsigned int php_version_id(void)
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI unsigned int php_version_id(void)
 {
 	return PHP_VERSION_ID;
 }
 
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI const char *php_build_provider(void)
+{
+#ifdef PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER
+	return PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER;
+#else
+	return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
 PHPAPI char *php_get_version(sapi_module_struct *sapi_module)
 {
-	char *version_info;
-	spprintf(&version_info, 0, "PHP %s (%s) (built: %s) (%s)\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\n%s%s",
+	smart_string version_info = {0};
+	smart_string_append_printf(&version_info,
+		"PHP %s (%s) (built: %s) (%s)\n",
 		PHP_VERSION, sapi_module->name, php_build_date,
 #ifdef ZTS
 		"ZTS"
@@ -131,16 +142,15 @@ PHPAPI char *php_get_version(sapi_module_struct *sapi_module)
 #ifdef HAVE_GCOV
 		" GCOV"
 #endif
-		,
-#ifdef PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER
-		"Built by " PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER "\n"
-#else
-					""
-#endif
-		,
-		get_zend_version()
 	);
-	return version_info;
+	smart_string_appends(&version_info, "Copyright (c) The PHP Group\n");
+	if (php_build_provider()) {
+		smart_string_append_printf(&version_info, "Built by %s\n", php_build_provider());
+	}
+	smart_string_appends(&version_info, get_zend_version());
+	smart_string_0(&version_info);
+
+	return version_info.c;
 }
 
 PHPAPI void php_print_version(sapi_module_struct *sapi_module)
diff --git a/main/php_main.h b/main/php_main.h
index 889fcf48501f0..a5b049487db23 100644
--- a/main/php_main.h
+++ b/main/php_main.h
@@ -28,13 +28,20 @@ BEGIN_EXTERN_C()
  * extensions which want to know the version of PHP at run-time, rather than
  * the version they were built with at compile-time.
  */
-PHPAPI const char *php_version(void);
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI const char *php_version(void);
 
 /* Returns the PHP version id the engine was built with. This is useful for
  * extensions which want to know the version of PHP at run-time, rather than
  * the version they were built with at compile-time.
  */
-PHPAPI unsigned int php_version_id(void);
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI unsigned int php_version_id(void);
+
+/* Returns the build provider specified at build time. NULL is returned if
+ * no build provider was specified. This is useful for extensions which want
+ * to know the origin of a PHP binary at run-time, for example to provide
+ * statistics.
+ */
+ZEND_ATTRIBUTE_CONST PHPAPI const char *php_build_provider(void);
 
 /* Prints the PHP version string for the -v option. It's in main/ so that
  * it can be shared between SAPIs.