diff --git a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
index bde3e6b71b..2b150021ed 100644
--- a/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ php_opcache_revalidate_freq: 60
 php_opcache_validate_timestamps: 1
 php_opcache_max_wasted_percentage: 5
 php_opcache_huge_code_pages: 0
+php_opcache_jit: 'tracing'
+php_opcache_jit_buffer_size: 256M
 
 php_fpm_set_emergency_restart_threshold: false
 php_fpm_emergency_restart_threshold: 0
diff --git a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index 9606170c88..107a102047 100644
--- a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
     dest: /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/cli/php.ini
     mode: '0644'
 
+- name: Copy 10-opcache.ini configuration file
+  template:
+    src: 10-opcache.ini.j2
+    dest: /etc/php/{{ php_version }}/fpm/conf.d/10-opcache.ini
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: reload php-fpm
+
 - name: Change ImageMagick policy.xml to allow for PDFs
   replace:
     path: /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
diff --git a/roles/php/templates/10-opcache.ini.j2 b/roles/php/templates/10-opcache.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f5f74edb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/templates/10-opcache.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+; {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+; configuration for php opcache module
+; priority=10
+zend_extension=opcache.so
+opcache.jit={{ php_opcache_jit }}
diff --git a/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.ini.j2 b/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.ini.j2
index c3a6cc0dc6..d07cfc9b62 100644
--- a/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/php/templates/php-fpm.ini.j2
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ opcache.revalidate_freq = {{ php_opcache_revalidate_freq }}
 opcache.fast_shutdown = {{ php_opcache_fast_shutdown }}
 opcache.max_wasted_percentage = {{ php_opcache_max_wasted_percentage }}
 opcache.huge_code_pages = {{ php_opcache_huge_code_pages }}
+opcache.jit_buffer_size = {{ php_opcache_jit_buffer_size }}