diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1 b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
index 3752c308..43bcdcd4 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.ps1
@@ -147,13 +147,16 @@ Function Add-ComposertoolHelper() {
     $prefix,
     [Parameter(Position = 3, Mandatory = $true)]
     [string]
-    $scope
+    $scope,
+    [Parameter(Position = 4, Mandatory = $false)]
+    [string]
+    $composer_args
   )
   if($scope -eq 'global') {
     if(Test-Path $composer_lock) {
       Remove-Item -Path $composer_lock -Force
     }
-    composer global require $prefix$release >$null 2>&1
+    composer global require $prefix$release $composer_args >$null 2>&1
     return composer global show $prefix$tool 2>&1 | findstr '^versions'
   } else {
     $release_stream = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::New([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($release))
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ Function Add-ComposertoolHelper() {
     $unix_scoped_dir = $scoped_dir.replace('\', '/')
     if(-not(Test-Path $scoped_dir)) {
       New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $scoped_dir > $null 2>&1
-      composer require $prefix$release -d $unix_scoped_dir >$null 2>&1
+      composer require $prefix$release -d $unix_scoped_dir $composer_args >$null 2>&1
     }
     [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(($tool.replace('-', '_') + '_bin'), "$scoped_dir\vendor\bin")
     Add-Path $scoped_dir\vendor\bin
@@ -194,13 +197,16 @@ Function Add-Composertool() {
     [string]
     $scope
   )
-  if($tool -match "prestissimo|composer-prefetcher" -and $composer_version.split('.')[0] -ne "1") {
-    Write-Output "::warning:: Skipping $tool, as it does not support Composer $composer_version. Specify composer:v1 in tools to use $tool"
-    Add-Log $cross $tool "Skipped"
-    Return
+  if($composer_version.split('.')[0] -ne "1") {
+    $composer_args = "--ignore-platform-req=ext-*"
+    if($tool -match "prestissimo|composer-prefetcher") {
+      Write-Output "::warning:: Skipping $tool, as it does not support Composer $composer_version. Specify composer:v1 in tools to use $tool"
+      Add-Log $cross $tool "Skipped"
+      Return
+    }
   }
-  Enable-PhpExtension -Extension mbstring, openssl -Path $php_dir
-  $log = Add-ComposertoolHelper -tool $tool -release $release -prefix $prefix -scope $scope
+  Enable-PhpExtension -Extension curl, mbstring, openssl -Path $php_dir
+  $log = Add-ComposertoolHelper $tool $release $prefix $scope $composer_args
   if(Test-Path $composer_bin\composer) {
     Copy-Item -Path "$bin_dir\composer" -Destination "$composer_bin\composer" -Force
   }
diff --git a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
index 883f8f14..b824b4fe 100644
--- a/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/tools/add_tools.sh
@@ -117,17 +117,18 @@ add_composertool_helper() {
   release=$2
   prefix=$3
   scope=$4
+  composer_args=$5
   enable_extension mbstring extension >/dev/null 2>&1
   enable_extension openssl extension >/dev/null 2>&1
   if [ "$scope" = "global" ]; then
     sudo rm -f "$composer_lock" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    composer global require "$prefix$release" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    composer global require "$prefix$release" "$composer_args" >/dev/null 2>&1
     composer global show "$prefix$tool" 2>&1 | grep -E ^versions | sudo tee /tmp/composer.log >/dev/null 2>&1
   else
     scoped_dir="$composer_bin/_tools/$tool-$(echo -n "$release" | shasum -a 256 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
     if ! [ -d "$scoped_dir" ]; then
       mkdir -p "$scoped_dir"
-      composer require "$prefix$release" -d "$scoped_dir" >/dev/null 2>&1
+      composer require "$prefix$release" -d "$scoped_dir" "$composer_args" >/dev/null 2>&1
       composer show "$prefix$tool" -d "$scoped_dir" 2>&1 | grep -E ^versions | sudo tee /tmp/composer.log >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
     add_path "$scoped_dir"/vendor/bin
@@ -140,15 +141,16 @@ add_composertool() {
   release=$2
   prefix=$3
   scope=$4
-  if [[ "$tool" =~ prestissimo|composer-prefetcher ]]; then
-    composer_version=$(cat /tmp/composer_version)
-    if [ "$(echo "$composer_version" | cut -d'.' -f 1)" != "1" ]; then
+  composer_major_version=$(cat /tmp/composer_version | cut -d'.' -f 1)
+  if [ "$composer_major_version" != "1" ]; then
+    composer_args="--ignore-platform-req=ext-*"
+    if [[ "$tool" =~ prestissimo|composer-prefetcher ]]; then
       echo "::warning:: Skipping $tool, as it does not support Composer $composer_version. Specify composer:v1 in tools to use $tool"
       add_log "$cross" "$tool" "Skipped"
       return
     fi
   fi
-  add_composertool_helper "$tool" "$release" "$prefix" "$scope"
+  add_composertool_helper "$tool" "$release" "$prefix" "$scope" "$composer_args"
   tool_version=$(get_tool_version cat /tmp/composer.log)
   ([ -s /tmp/composer.log ] && add_log "$tick" "$tool" "Added $tool $tool_version"
   ) || add_log "$cross" "$tool" "Could not setup $tool"