diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f5069b189d09c..9aaa4db7f274f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     values during Generator->throw()). (Bob)
   . Fixed bug GH-14456 (Attempting to initialize class with private constructor
     calls destructor). (Girgias)
+  . Fixed bug GH-14549 (Incompatible function pointer type for fclose).
+    (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
 
 - BCMatch:
   . Fixed bug (bcpowmod() with mod = -1 returns 1 when it must be 0). (Girgias)
diff --git a/build/php.m4 b/build/php.m4
index 03716cf7f9d43..32487e4b389ec 100644
--- a/build/php.m4
+++ b/build/php.m4
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ dnl See if we have broken header files like SunOS has.
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN([PHP_MISSING_FCLOSE_DECL],[
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for fclose declaration])
-  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>]], [[int (*func)(void) = fclose]])],[
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>]], [[int (*func)(FILE *) = fclose]])],[
     AC_DEFINE(MISSING_FCLOSE_DECL,0,[ ])
     AC_MSG_RESULT([ok])
   ],[