diff --git a/php/cli/ini.sls b/php/cli/ini.sls
index 4b7604c5..d3e60b4a 100644
--- a/php/cli/ini.sls
+++ b/php/cli/ini.sls
@@ -17,11 +17,26 @@
   {%- for version in pillar_php_version %}
     {%- set first_version = pillar_php_version[0]|string %}
     {%- set ini = php.lookup.cli.ini|replace(first_version, version) %}
+
+    {%- if version in php.cli.ini %}
+      {%- set settings_versioned = {} %}
+      {%- for key, value in settings.items() %}
+        {%- do settings_versioned.update({key: value.copy()}) %}
+      {%- endfor %}
+      {%- for key, value in php.cli.ini[version].items() %}
+        {%- if settings_versioned[key] is defined %}
+          {%- do settings_versioned[key].update(value) %}
+        {%- else %}
+          {%- do settings_versioned.update({key: value}) %}
+        {%- endif %}
+      {%- endfor %}
+    {%- endif %}
+
 php_cli_ini_{{ version }}:
   {{ php_ini(ini,
              'php_cli_ini_' ~ version,
              php.cli.ini.opts,
-             settings
+             settings_versioned | default(settings)
   ) }}
   {%- endfor %}
 {%- else %}
diff --git a/php/fpm/config.sls b/php/fpm/config.sls
index e7574eaa..673a3c0e 100644
--- a/php/fpm/config.sls
+++ b/php/fpm/config.sls
@@ -21,19 +21,33 @@
     {%- set conf = php.lookup.fpm.conf|replace(first_version, version) %}
     {%- set pools = php.lookup.fpm.pools|replace(first_version, version) %}
 
+    {%- if version in php.fpm.config.ini %}
+      {%- set ini_settings_versioned = {} %}
+      {%- for key, value in ini_settings.items() %}
+        {%- do ini_settings_versioned.update({key: value.copy()}) %}
+      {%- endfor %}
+      {%- for key, value in php.fpm.config.ini[version].items() %}
+        {%- if ini_settings_versioned[key] is defined %}
+          {%- do ini_settings_versioned[key].update(value) %}
+        {%- else %}
+          {%- do ini_settings_versioned.update({key: value}) %}
+        {%- endif %}
+      {%- endfor %}
+    {%- endif %}
+
     {%- for key, value in conf_settings.items() %}
       {%- if value is string %}
         {%- do conf_settings.update({key: value.replace(first_version, version)}) %}
       {%- endif %}
     {%- endfor %}
-    {%- do conf_settings.global.update({'pid': '/var/run/php' + version + '-fpm.pid' }) %}
+    {%- do conf_settings.global.update({'pid': '/run/php/php' + version + '-fpm.pid' }) %}
     {%- do conf_settings.global.update({'error_log': '/var/log/php' + version + '-fpm.log' }) %}
 
 php_fpm_ini_config_{{ version }}:
   {{ php_ini(ini,
              'php_fpm_ini_config_' ~ version,
              php.fpm.config.ini.opts,
-             ini_settings
+             ini_settings_versioned | default(ini_settings)
   ) }}
 
 php_fpm_conf_config_{{ version }}:
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 9b0b567d..71a89057 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ php:
             engine: 'Off'
             extension_dir: '/usr/lib/php/modules/'
             extension: [pdo_mysql.so, iconv.so, openssl.so]
+        # if a list of versions is set in php:version, each version
+        # may have different settings
+        # '7.2':
+        #   PHP:
+        #     short_open_tag: 'On'
 
       # options to manage the php-fpm conf file
       conf:
@@ -169,6 +174,11 @@ php:
       settings:
         PHP:
           engine: 'Off'
+      # if a list of versions is set in php:version, each version
+      # may have different settings
+      # '7.2':
+      #   PHP:
+      #     short_open_tag: 'On'
 
   # php-xcache settings
   xcache: