diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
index c8a0b95bc5d..6e2519b688b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ def _module_is_enabled(module):
 
     result, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s -M" % control_binary)
 
-    """
-    Work around for Ubuntu Xenial listing php7_module as php7.0
-    """
-    if name == "php7.0":
-        name = "php7"
-
     if result != 0:
         error_msg = "Error executing %s: %s" % (control_binary, stderr)
         if ignore_configcheck:
@@ -151,6 +145,19 @@ def _module_is_enabled(module):
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg=error_msg)
 
+    """
+    Work around for php modules; php7.x are always listed as php7_module
+    """
+    php_module = re.search(r'^(php\d)\.', name)
+    if php_module:
+        name = php_module.group(1)
+
+    """
+    Workaround for shib2; module is listed as mod_shib
+    """
+    if re.search(r'shib2', name):
+        return bool(re.search(r' mod_shib', stdout))
+
     return bool(re.search(r' ' + name + r'_module', stdout))
 
 def _set_state(module, state):