diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 50b163d254a91d39b61137944d20e4a3d0c170b0..2722865c8e5f8b246919923d0905202473546d21 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -533,6 +533,17 @@ $CONFIG = array(
  */
 'updater.server.url' => 'https://updates.nextcloud.com/updater_server/',
 
+/**
+ * The channel that Nextcloud should use to look for updates
+ *
+ * Supported values:
+ *   - ``daily``
+ *   - ``beta`
+ *   - ``stable``
+ *   - ``production``
+ */
+'updater.release.channel' => 'stable',
+
 /**
  * Is Nextcloud connected to the Internet or running in a closed network?
  */
diff --git a/lib/private/Updater/VersionCheck.php b/lib/private/Updater/VersionCheck.php
index f66e109fd267746635614e4d2ce1e16ef93bdfe7..ae3840a7fa5743b256aa8a335693e709843aab6a 100644
--- a/lib/private/Updater/VersionCheck.php
+++ b/lib/private/Updater/VersionCheck.php
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class VersionCheck {
 		$version['updatechannel'] = \OC_Util::getChannel();
 		$version['edition'] = '';
 		$version['build'] = \OC_Util::getBuild();
+		$version['php_major'] = PHP_MAJOR_VERSION;
+		$version['php_minor'] = PHP_MINOR_VERSION;
+		$version['php_release'] = PHP_RELEASE_VERSION;
 		$versionString = implode('x', $version);
 
 		//fetch xml data from updater
diff --git a/tests/lib/Updater/VersionCheckTest.php b/tests/lib/Updater/VersionCheckTest.php
index c85516c320ebde20373b46202048308fc5321c95..79c0a88dbf6548d902c67348a58f87b161cebb13 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Updater/VersionCheckTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Updater/VersionCheckTest.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	private function buildUpdateUrl($baseUrl) {
-		return $baseUrl . '?version='.implode('x', Util::getVersion()).'xinstalledatxlastupdatedatx'.\OC_Util::getChannel().'xx';
+		return $baseUrl . '?version='.implode('x', Util::getVersion()).'xinstalledatxlastupdatedatx'.\OC_Util::getChannel().'xxx'.PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.'x'.PHP_MINOR_VERSION.'x'.PHP_RELEASE_VERSION;
 	}
 
 	public function testCheckInCache() {