diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a9ecf85bb..a86b24059 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ var engine = function(options) {
   this.ast = new AST();
   this.parser = new parser(this.lexer, this.ast);
   if (options && typeof options === 'object') {
+    // disable php7 from lexer if already disabled from parser
+    if (options.parser && options.parser.php7 === false) {
+      if (!options.lexer) {
+        options.lexer = {};
+      }
+      options.lexer.php7 = false;
+    }
     combine(options, this);
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/lexer.js b/src/lexer.js
index 7cb31f57c..3ee3be033 100644
--- a/src/lexer.js
+++ b/src/lexer.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var lexer = function(engine) {
   this.mode_eval = false;
   this.asp_tags = false;
   this.short_tags = true;
+  this.php7 = true;
   this.yyprevcol = 0;
   this.keywords = {
     "__class__": this.tok.T_CLASS_C,
diff --git a/src/lexer/tokens.js b/src/lexer/tokens.js
index 96e0f635e..2cccf4723 100644
--- a/src/lexer/tokens.js
+++ b/src/lexer/tokens.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
     var id = this.keywords[token];
     if (typeof id !== 'number') {
       if (token === 'yield') {
-        if (this.tryMatch(' from')) {
+        if (this.php7 && this.tryMatch(' from')) {
           this.consume(5);
           id = this.tok.T_YIELD_FROM;
         } else {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module.exports = {
       return '!';
     },
     '?': function() {
-      if (this._input[this.offset] === '?') {
+      if (this.php7 && this._input[this.offset] === '?') {
         this.input();
         return this.tok.T_COALESCE;
       }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return this.tok.T_SL;
       } else if (nchar === '=') {
         this.input();
-        if (this._input[this.offset] === '>') {
+        if (this.php7 && this._input[this.offset] === '>') {
           this.input();
           return this.tok.T_SPACESHIP;
         } else {