diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index 942b0a0c59b41..03781d846906a 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,57 @@ ZEND_API void zend_output_debug_string(zend_bool trigger_break, const char *form
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+
+ZEND_API int zend_execute_string(int type, zval *retval, const char *string, size_t len, const char *filename) /* {{{ */
+{
+	zend_op_array *op_array;
+	zval zstring;
+
+	ZVAL_STRINGL(&zstring, string, len);
+
+	op_array = zend_compile_string(&zstring, filename);
+	if (op_array) {
+		zend_execute(op_array, retval);
+		zend_exception_restore();
+		if (EG(exception)) {
+			if (Z_TYPE(EG(user_exception_handler)) != IS_UNDEF) {
+				zval orig_user_exception_handler;
+				zval params[1], retval2;
+				zend_object *old_exception;
+				old_exception = EG(exception);
+				EG(exception) = NULL;
+				ZVAL_OBJ(&params[0], old_exception);
+				ZVAL_COPY_VALUE(&orig_user_exception_handler, &EG(user_exception_handler));
+				ZVAL_UNDEF(&retval2);
+				if (call_user_function_ex(CG(function_table), NULL, &orig_user_exception_handler, &retval2, 1, params, 1, NULL) == SUCCESS) {
+					zval_ptr_dtor(&retval2);
+					if (EG(exception)) {
+						OBJ_RELEASE(EG(exception));
+						EG(exception) = NULL;
+					}
+					OBJ_RELEASE(old_exception);
+				} else {
+					EG(exception) = old_exception;
+					zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
+				}
+			} else {
+				zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
+			}
+		}
+		destroy_op_array(op_array);
+		efree_size(op_array, sizeof(zend_op_array));
+	} else if (type==ZEND_REQUIRE) {
+		zval_dtor(&zstring);
+		return FAILURE;
+	}
+	zval_dtor(&zstring);
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
+/* }}} */
+
+
+
+
 ZEND_API int zend_execute_scripts(int type, zval *retval, int file_count, ...) /* {{{ */
 {
 	va_list files;
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index a4d4d509e06f0..921c3e5d05250 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -2604,6 +2604,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS],[
   ])
 ])
 
+dnl 
+dnl PHP_BUILTIN_SCRIPT(name, file)
+dnl
+dnl data to be built with the extension 
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([PHP_BUILTIN_SCRIPT],[
+    destdir=PHP_EXT_DIR($1)
+
+    echo "const char *$1_script =" > $destdir/builtinscript.c && hexdump -e '16/1 "_x%02X" "\n"' $2 | sed 's/_/\\/g; s/\\x  //g; s/.*/    "&"/' >> $destdir/builtinscript.c && echo ";" >> $destdir/builtinscript.c
+	echo "extern const char *$1_script;" > $destdir/builtinscript.h
+    PHP_ADD_SOURCES(PHP_EXT_DIR($1), builtinscript.c)
+  ])
+])
+
 dnl
 dnl PHP_AP_EXTRACT_VERSION(/path/httpd)
 dnl
diff --git a/ext/date/date.php b/ext/date/date.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c5eb85f8f3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/date/date.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function date_builtin()
+{
+	echo "this is a builtin date script\n";
+}
diff --git a/ext/date/php_date.c b/ext/date/php_date.c
index 5f415fd7f3920..b51afc036782b 100644
--- a/ext/date/php_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/php_date.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "zend_interfaces.h"
 #include "lib/timelib.h"
 #include <time.h>
+#include "builtinscript.h"
 
 #ifdef PHP_WIN32
 static __inline __int64 php_date_llabs( __int64 i ) { return i >= 0? i: -i; }
@@ -693,6 +694,8 @@ static void _php_date_tzinfo_dtor(zval *zv) /* {{{ */
 /* {{{ PHP_RINIT_FUNCTION */
 PHP_RINIT_FUNCTION(date)
 {
+	zval script;
+
 	if (DATEG(timezone)) {
 		efree(DATEG(timezone));
 	}
@@ -700,6 +703,7 @@ PHP_RINIT_FUNCTION(date)
 	DATEG(tzcache) = NULL;
 	DATEG(last_errors) = NULL;
 
+	zend_execute_string(ZEND_REQUIRE, &script, date_script, strlen(date_script), "date_builtin_php");
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
 /* }}} */