diff --git a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
index e8bb4cfe2..dcac062a7 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/PocketMine.php
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 	const API_VERSION = "3.0.0-ALPHA9";
 	const CODENAME = "[REDACTED]";
 
+	const MIN_PHP_VERSION = "7.2.0RC3";
+
 	/*
 	 * Startup code. Do not look at it, it may harm you.
 	 * Most of them are hacks to fix date-related bugs, or basic functions used after this
@@ -91,8 +93,8 @@ namespace pocketmine {
 	 * Enjoy it as much as I did writing it. I don't want to do it again.
 	 */
 
-	if(version_compare("7.2", PHP_VERSION) > 0){
-		echo "[CRITICAL] You must use PHP >= 7.2" . PHP_EOL;
+	if(version_compare(MIN_PHP_VERSION, PHP_VERSION) > 0){
+		echo "[CRITICAL] You must use PHP >= " . MIN_PHP_VERSION . PHP_EOL;
 		echo "[CRITICAL] Please use the installer provided on the homepage." . PHP_EOL;
 		exit(1);
 	}