diff --git a/tests/php/phpunit.xml b/tests/php/phpunit.xml
index 25cb92ad3ec..be5a1603c27 100644
--- a/tests/php/phpunit.xml
+++ b/tests/php/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <phpunit bootstrap="bootstrap.php"
 		 verbose="true"
+		 convertDeprecationsToExceptions="true"
 		 timeoutForSmallTests="900"
 		 timeoutForMediumTests="900"
 		 timeoutForLargeTests="900"