diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 952cb708752..3dcbaa13cc3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 - Fixed ReflectionProperty::isDefault() giving a wrong result for properties
   obtained with ReflectionClass::getProperties(). (Gustavo)
 
+- Fixed bug #53198 (changing INI setting "from" with ini_set did not have any
+  effect). (Gustavo)
 - Fixed bug #53180 (post_max_size=0 not disabling the limit when the content
   type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded or is not registered with PHP).
   (gm at tlink dot de, Gustavo)
diff --git a/ext/standard/file.c b/ext/standard/file.c
index 4f8b2918597..fc60cac1dfc 100644
--- a/ext/standard/file.c
+++ b/ext/standard/file.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static void file_globals_dtor(php_file_globals *file_globals_p TSRMLS_DC)
 
 PHP_INI_BEGIN()
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("user_agent", NULL, PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateString, user_agent, php_file_globals, file_globals)
+	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("from", NULL, PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateString, from_address, php_file_globals, file_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("default_socket_timeout", "60", PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateLong, default_socket_timeout, php_file_globals, file_globals)
 	STD_PHP_INI_ENTRY("auto_detect_line_endings", "0", PHP_INI_ALL, OnUpdateLong, auto_detect_line_endings, php_file_globals, file_globals)
 PHP_INI_END()
diff --git a/ext/standard/file.h b/ext/standard/file.h
index 7e2f4006687..7b4b22c9363 100644
--- a/ext/standard/file.h
+++ b/ext/standard/file.h
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	size_t def_chunk_size;
 	long auto_detect_line_endings;
 	long default_socket_timeout;
-	char *user_agent;
+	char *user_agent; /* for the http wrapper */
+	char *from_address; /* for the ftp and http wrappers */
 	char *user_stream_current_filename; /* for simple recursion protection */
 	php_stream_context *default_context;
 	HashTable *stream_wrappers;			/* per-request copy of url_stream_wrappers_hash */
diff --git a/ext/standard/ftp_fopen_wrapper.c b/ext/standard/ftp_fopen_wrapper.c
index d4a4896aa1a..6b858b6aed6 100644
--- a/ext/standard/ftp_fopen_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/standard/ftp_fopen_wrapper.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ static php_stream *php_ftp_fopen_connect(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path
 	php_stream *stream = NULL, *reuseid = NULL;
 	php_url *resource = NULL;
 	int result, use_ssl, use_ssl_on_data = 0, tmp_len;
-	char *scratch;
 	char tmp_line[512];
 	char *transport;
 	int transport_len;
@@ -250,8 +249,8 @@ static php_stream *php_ftp_fopen_connect(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path
 		} else {
 			/* if the user has configured who they are,
 			   send that as the password */
-			if (cfg_get_string("from", &scratch) == SUCCESS) {
-				php_stream_printf(stream TSRMLS_CC, "PASS %s\r\n", scratch);
+			if (FG(from_address)) {
+				php_stream_printf(stream TSRMLS_CC, "PASS %s\r\n", FG(from_address));
 			} else {
 				php_stream_write_string(stream, "PASS anonymous\r\n");
 			}
diff --git a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
index a21919a8062..931c8e6ce89 100644
--- a/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
+++ b/ext/standard/http_fopen_wrapper.c
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ php_stream *php_stream_url_wrap_http_ex(php_stream_wrapper *wrapper, char *path,
 	}
 
 	/* if the user has configured who they are, send a From: line */
-	if (((have_header & HTTP_HEADER_FROM) == 0) && cfg_get_string("from", &tmp) == SUCCESS) {
-		if (snprintf(scratch, scratch_len, "From: %s\r\n", tmp) > 0)
+	if (((have_header & HTTP_HEADER_FROM) == 0) && FG(from_address)) {
+		if (snprintf(scratch, scratch_len, "From: %s\r\n", FG(from_address)) > 0)
 			php_stream_write(stream, scratch, strlen(scratch));
 	}
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/http/bug53198.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/http/bug53198.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe26bc9523e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/http/bug53198.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #53198 (From: header cannot be changed with ini_set)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php require 'server.inc'; http_server_skipif('tcp://127.0.0.1:12342'); ?>
+--INI--
+from=teste@teste.pt
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require 'server.inc';
+
+function do_test() {
+
+	$responses = array(
+		"data://text/plain,HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n",
+	);
+
+	$pid = http_server("tcp://127.0.0.1:12342", $responses, $output);
+
+	foreach($responses as $r) {
+
+		$fd = fopen('http://127.0.0.1:12342/', 'rb', false);
+
+		fseek($output, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		var_dump(stream_get_contents($output));
+		fseek($output, 0, SEEK_SET);
+	}
+
+	http_server_kill($pid);
+
+}
+
+echo "-- Test: leave default --\n";
+
+do_test();
+
+echo "-- Test: after ini_set --\n";
+
+ini_set('from', 'junk@junk.com');
+
+do_test();
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+-- Test: leave default --
+string(63) "GET / HTTP/1.0
+From: teste@teste.pt
+Host: 127.0.0.1:12342
+
+"
+-- Test: after ini_set --
+string(62) "GET / HTTP/1.0
+From: junk@junk.com
+Host: 127.0.0.1:12342
+
+"
+