diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 7096667..ee48cac 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ define('DRUPAL_CORE_COMPATIBILITY', '7.x');
 
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of PHP.
+ *
+ * @todo: Hacked this value so that it matches Drupal 8's minimum version to work around
+ * this core bug: http://drupal.org/node/1724130
  */
-define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP', '5.2.4');
+define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_PHP', '5.3.3');
 
 /**
  * Minimum recommended value of PHP memory_limit.