diff --git a/packages/testing-php/src/php-runtime-factory.ts b/packages/testing-php/src/php-runtime-factory.ts
index eaab303..8ee961a 100644
--- a/packages/testing-php/src/php-runtime-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/testing-php/src/php-runtime-factory.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import { WebPHP } from "@php-wasm/web";
+// @ts-expect-error hack
+import * as phpModule from "@php-wasm/web/light/php_8_3.js";
 
 import { version } from "./version";
 
-export const phpRuntimeFactory = () => WebPHP.loadRuntime(version);
+export const phpRuntimeFactory = () =>
+  WebPHP.loadRuntime(version, {
+    onPhpLoaderModuleLoaded(loader) {
+      Object.assign(loader, phpModule)
+    },
+  });
diff --git a/packages/testing-php/vite.config.js b/packages/testing-php/vite.config.js
index cd1e3f3..ad97fe4 100644
--- a/packages/testing-php/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/testing-php/vite.config.js
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export default defineConfig({
         }
       },
     },
+    {
+      name: "transform-php-imports",
+      transform(code, id) {
+        if (id.includes("@php-wasm/web/index.js")) {
+          return {
+            code: code.replace(/await import\(".*php_\d_\d\.js"\)/g, "{}"),
+          };
+        }
+      },
+    },
     dts({
       rollupTypes: true,
     }),