diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
index bc4fcf07c9c..47ea38db0c9 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Server, add_http2_port) {
                          "add_http2_port expects a string", 1 TSRMLS_CC);
     return;
   }
-  RETURN_BOOL(grpc_server_add_http2_port(server->wrapped, addr));
+  RETURN_LONG(grpc_server_add_http2_port(server->wrapped, addr));
 }
 
 PHP_METHOD(Server, add_secure_http2_port) {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Server, add_secure_http2_port) {
                          "add_http2_port expects a string", 1 TSRMLS_CC);
     return;
   }
-  RETURN_BOOL(grpc_server_add_secure_http2_port(server->wrapped, addr));
+  RETURN_LONG(grpc_server_add_secure_http2_port(server->wrapped, addr));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
index 795831cb65c..ebf2ba34dda 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/CallTest.php
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 class CallTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
   static $server;
+  static $port;
 
   public static function setUpBeforeClass() {
     $cq = new Grpc\CompletionQueue();
     self::$server = new Grpc\Server($cq, []);
-    self::$server->add_http2_port('localhost:9001');
+    self::$port = self::$server->add_http2_port('0.0.0.0:0');
   }
 
   public function setUp() {
     $this->cq = new Grpc\CompletionQueue();
-    $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel('localhost:9001', []);
+    $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel('localhost:' . self::$port, []);
     $this->call = new Grpc\Call($this->channel,
                                 '/foo',
                                 Grpc\Timeval::inf_future());
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
index a2d8029b047..05104c0e121 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <?php
-require __DIR__ . '/../util/port_picker.php';
 class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
   public function setUp() {
     $this->client_queue = new Grpc\CompletionQueue();
     $this->server_queue = new Grpc\CompletionQueue();
     $this->server = new Grpc\Server($this->server_queue, []);
-    $address = '127.0.0.1:' . getNewPort();
-    $this->server->add_http2_port($address);
-    $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel($address, []);
+    $port = $this->server->add_http2_port('0.0.0.0:0');
+    $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel('localhost:' . $port, []);
   }
 
   public function tearDown() {
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
index 7ba4984bd86..5e95b11b44e 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ class SecureEndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
         file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../data/server1.pem'));
     $this->server = new Grpc\Server($this->server_queue,
                                     ['credentials' => $server_credentials]);
-    $address = '127.0.0.1:' . getNewPort();
-    $this->server->add_secure_http2_port($address);
+    $port = $this->server->add_secure_http2_port('0.0.0.0:0');
     $this->channel = new Grpc\Channel(
-        $address,
+        'localhost:' . $port,
         [
             'grpc.ssl_target_name_override' => 'foo.test.google.com',
             'credentials' => $credentials
diff --git a/src/php/tests/util/port_picker.php b/src/php/tests/util/port_picker.php
deleted file mode 100755
index d869d8b0a49..00000000000
--- a/src/php/tests/util/port_picker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-function getNewPort() {
-  static $port = 10000;
-  $port += 1;
-  return $port;
-}
\ No newline at end of file