diff -Nru cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/changelog cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/changelog
--- cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/changelog	2016-04-09 01:48:31.000000000 +0000
+++ cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/changelog	2016-04-18 23:17:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+cacti (0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/11_1571432_mysqli.patch: Use mysqli extension not
+    mysql with PHP7.0.  Closes LP: #1571432.
+
+ -- Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@canonical.com>  Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:54:08 -0700
+
 cacti (0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu3) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Add run-time dependencies on php-xml, php-mbstring (LP: #1568136).
diff -Nru cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/11_1571432_mysqli.patch cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/11_1571432_mysqli.patch
--- cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/11_1571432_mysqli.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/11_1571432_mysqli.patch	2016-04-18 23:17:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: Use mysqli extension not mysql with PHP7.0
+Author: Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@canonical.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1571432
+
+--- cacti-0.8.8f+ds1.orig/install/index.php
++++ cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/install/index.php
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if ($old_cacti_version == $config["cacti
+ }
+ 
+ function verify_php_extensions() {
+-	$extensions = array("session", "sockets", "mysql", "xml");
++	$extensions = array("session", "sockets", "mysqli", "xml");
+ 	$ok = true;
+ 	$missing_extension = "	<p style='font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: red;'>Error</p>
+ 							<p style='font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;'>The following PHP extensions are missing:</p><ul>";
diff -Nru cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/series cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/series
--- cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/series	2016-01-09 19:32:36.000000000 +0000
+++ cacti-0.8.8f+ds1/debian/patches/series	2016-04-18 23:17:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 CVE-2015-8369_sql_injection_in_graph.php.patch
 CVE-2015-8377-sql-injection-in-graph-php-host_new_graphs_save.patch
 CVE-2015-8604-sql-injection-in-graphs_new.patch
+11_1571432_mysqli.patch