diff --git a/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c b/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
index 43f8bd3e172..f597df36e29 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
@@ -3241,6 +3241,12 @@ static zend_result accel_post_startup(void)
 				accel_startup_ok = false;
 				zend_accel_error_noreturn(ACCEL_LOG_FATAL, "Failure to initialize shared memory structures - probably not enough shared memory.");
 				return SUCCESS;
+			case NO_SHM_BACKEND:
+				zend_accel_error(ACCEL_LOG_INFO, "Opcode Caching is disabled: No available SHM backend. Set opcache.enable=0 to hide this message.");
+				zps_startup_failure("No available SHM backend", NULL, accelerator_remove_cb);
+				/* Do not abort PHP startup */
+				return SUCCESS;
+
 			case SUCCESSFULLY_REATTACHED:
 #ifdef HAVE_JIT
 				reattached = true;
diff --git a/ext/opcache/config.m4 b/ext/opcache/config.m4
index 67df53d90d5..70138726c56 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/config.m4
+++ b/ext/opcache/config.m4
@@ -346,9 +346,9 @@ PHP_ADD_EXTENSION_DEP(opcache, date)
 PHP_ADD_EXTENSION_DEP(opcache, pcre)
 
 if test "$php_cv_shm_ipc" != "yes" && test "$php_cv_shm_mmap_posix" != "yes" && test "$php_cv_shm_mmap_anon" != "yes"; then
-  AC_MSG_FAILURE(m4_text_wrap([
+  AC_MSG_WARN(m4_text_wrap([
     No supported shared memory caching support was found when configuring
-    opcache.
+    opcache. Opcache will be disabled.
   ]))
 fi
 
diff --git a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
index 37dbe59f3d5..80ef36b8749 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.c
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ int zend_shared_alloc_startup(size_t requested_size, size_t reserved_size)
 
 	if (!g_shared_alloc_handler) {
 		/* try memory handlers in order */
+		if (handler_table->name == NULL) {
+			return NO_SHM_BACKEND;
+		}
 		for (he = handler_table; he->name; he++) {
 			res = zend_shared_alloc_try(he, requested_size, &ZSMMG(shared_segments), &ZSMMG(shared_segments_count), &error_in);
 			if (res) {
diff --git a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
index 41cba0bb351..108349b13f8 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
+++ b/ext/opcache/zend_shared_alloc.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #define SUCCESSFULLY_REATTACHED 4
 #define ALLOC_FAIL_MAPPING      8
 #define ALLOC_FALLBACK          9
+#define NO_SHM_BACKEND          10
 
 typedef struct _zend_shared_segment {
     size_t  size;