diff --git a/integration/extensions_loadable_test.go b/integration/extensions_loadable_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..506d5d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/extensions_loadable_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package integration_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/paketo-buildpacks/occam"
+	"github.com/sclevine/spec"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func testExtensionsLoadable(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
+	var (
+		Expect     = NewWithT(t).Expect
+		Eventually = NewWithT(t).Eventually
+		pack       occam.Pack
+		docker     occam.Docker
+	)
+
+	it.Before(func() {
+		pack = occam.NewPack()
+		docker = occam.NewDocker()
+	})
+
+	context("when building a simple app that loads extensions", func() {
+		var (
+			image     occam.Image
+			container occam.Container
+			name      string
+			source    string
+		)
+
+		it.Before(func() {
+			var err error
+			name, err = occam.RandomName()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		it.After(func() {
+			Expect(docker.Container.Remove.Execute(container.ID)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(docker.Image.Remove.Execute(image.ID)).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(docker.Volume.Remove.Execute(occam.CacheVolumeNames(name))).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(os.RemoveAll(source)).To(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		// PHP extensions are notorious in going wrong.
+		// Make sure this buildpack installs extensions correctly.
+		it("creates a working OCI image that can load extensions", func() {
+			var err error
+			source, err = occam.Source(filepath.Join("testdata", "app_loading_exts"))
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			var logs fmt.Stringer
+			image, logs, err = pack.WithNoColor().Build.
+				WithPullPolicy("never").
+				WithBuildpacks(
+					phpDistBuildpack,
+					buildPlanBuildpack,
+				).
+				Execute(name, source)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), logs.String())
+
+			container, err = docker.Container.Run.
+				WithCommand("php app.php").
+				// tells php to use the ini config file in the app
+				WithEnv(map[string]string{"PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR": "/workspace/some-dir"}).
+				Execute(image.ID)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Eventually(func() string {
+				cLogs, err := docker.Container.Logs.Execute(container.ID)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				return cLogs.String()
+			}).Should(
+				ContainSubstring("LOADED:zip"),
+			)
+		})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/integration/init_test.go b/integration/init_test.go
index 528acca6..88a2d170 100644
--- a/integration/init_test.go
+++ b/integration/init_test.go
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 package integration_test
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/paketo-buildpacks/occam"
-	"github.com/paketo-buildpacks/packit/pexec"
 	"github.com/sclevine/spec"
 	"github.com/sclevine/spec/report"
 
@@ -57,8 +54,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	buildpackStore := occam.NewBuildpackStore()
 
-	version, err = GetGitVersion()
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	version = "1.2.3"
 
 	phpDistBuildpack, err = buildpackStore.Get.
 		WithVersion(version).
@@ -81,34 +77,6 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	suite("LayerReuse", testReusingLayerRebuild)
 	suite("Offline", testOffline)
 	suite("SimpleApp", testSimpleApp)
+	suite("ExtensionsLoadable", testExtensionsLoadable)
 	suite.Run(t)
 }
-
-func GetGitVersion() (string, error) {
-	gitExec := pexec.NewExecutable("git")
-	revListOut := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-
-	err := gitExec.Execute(pexec.Execution{
-		Args:   []string{"rev-list", "--tags", "--max-count=1"},
-		Stdout: revListOut,
-	})
-
-	if revListOut.String() == "" {
-		return "0.0.0", nil
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	stdout := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	err = gitExec.Execute(pexec.Execution{
-		Args:   []string{"describe", "--tags", strings.TrimSpace(revListOut.String())},
-		Stdout: stdout,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(stdout.String(), "v")), nil
-}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/app.php b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/app.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86a6972a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/app.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+
+    foreach (get_loaded_extensions() as $ext) {
+        print("LOADED:" . $ext . "\n");
+    }
+
+    while (true) {
+        sleep(10);
+    }
+?>
diff --git a/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/plan.toml b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/plan.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ee20ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/plan.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[requires]]
+  name = "php"
+
+  [requires.metadata]
+    launch = true
diff --git a/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/some-dir/some.ini b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/some-dir/some.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..155f7622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/app_loading_exts/some-dir/some.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+extension_dir=${PHP_EXTENSION_DIR}
+extension=zip.so