diff --git a/__tests__/extensions.test.ts b/__tests__/extensions.test.ts
index b26bf4ac..36b4a702 100644
--- a/__tests__/extensions.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/extensions.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ describe('Extension tests', () => {
     linux = await extensions.addExtension('phalcon4', '7.4', 'linux');
     expect(linux).toContain('phalcon.sh 4.0.x 7.4');
 
+    linux = await extensions.addExtension('gearman', '7.3', 'linux');
+    expect(linux).toContain('gearman.sh gearman2.0.6 7.3');
+
     linux = await extensions.addExtension('xdebug', '7.2', 'fedora');
     expect(linux).toContain('Platform fedora is not supported');
   });
diff --git a/src/extensions.ts b/src/extensions.ts
index 50f549e8..2d5a85a6 100644
--- a/src/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/extensions.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ export async function addExtensionLinux(
           version +
           ' >/dev/null 2>&1';
         break;
+      case '7.0gearman':
+      case '7.1gearman':
+      case '7.2gearman':
+      case '7.3gearman':
+      // case '7.4gearman': // no 7.4 support for now, hope for 2.0.7
+          install_command = 
+            'sh ' +
+            path.join(__dirname, '../src/scripts/gearman.sh') +
+            ' gearman-2.0.6' +
+            version +
+            ' >/dev/null 2>&1'
+        break;
       default:
         install_command =
           'sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y php' +
diff --git a/src/scripts/gearman.sh b/src/scripts/gearman.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de1c12c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/gearman.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ini_file=$(php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration" | sed -e "s|.*:s*||" | sed "s/ //g")
+sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-fast install -y php"$2"-dev
+for tool in php-config phpize; do
+  if [ -e "/usr/bin/$tool$2" ]; then
+    sudo update-alternatives --set $tool /usr/bin/"$tool$2"
+  fi
+done
+
+cd ~ && git clone --depth=1 -v https://github.com/wcgallego/pecl-gearman.git -b "$1"
+cd pecl-gearman && /usr/bin/phpize"$2" && ./configure && make && sudo make install
+echo "extension=gearman.so" >> "$ini_file"
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