diff --git a/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
index bec59fddc40f38525cb7f6d35ab982f8c4b7a053..ad2ceeafddb7f92b6fe410bbdba03a0ea294ef6a 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/nginx_plugin.inc.php
@@ -3033,6 +3033,13 @@ class nginx_plugin {
 					if(substr($ini_setting, 0, 1) == ';') continue;
 					if(substr($ini_setting, 0, 1) == '#') continue;
 					if(substr($ini_setting, 0, 2) == '//') continue;
+					// if first 4 letters are 'POOL' - do not wrap key in `php_admin_value[$key]` 
+					// just set as is (withoutPOOL prefix) - and include in settings
+					if(substr($ini_setting, 0, 4) == 'POOL'){
+						$ini_setting = str_replace('POOL', '', $ini_setting) ;
+						$final_php_ini_settings[] = array('ini_setting' => $ini_setting);
+						continue;
+					}
 					list($key, $value) = explode('=', $ini_setting, 2);
 					$value = trim($value);
 					if($value != ''){