diff --git a/php.conf b/php.conf
index da9b02a..813f96a 100644
--- a/php.conf
+++ b/php.conf
@@ -41,3 +41,10 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
     php_value session.save_path    "/var/lib/php/session"
     php_value soap.wsdl_cache_dir  "/var/lib/php/wsdlcache"
 </IfModule>
+
+# Redirect to local php-fpm is mod_php not available
+<IfModule !mod_php5.c>
+    <FilesMatch \.php$>
+        SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
+    </FilesMatch>
+</IfModule>
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index e1ae834..8fff748 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -36,14 +36,8 @@
 %global isasuffix %nil
 %endif
 
-# /usr/sbin/apsx with httpd < 2.4 and defined as /usr/bin/apxs with httpd >= 2.4
-%{!?_httpd_apxs:       %{expand: %%global _httpd_apxs       %%{_sbindir}/apxs}}
+# needed at srpm build time, when httpd-devel not yet installed
 %{!?_httpd_mmn:        %{expand: %%global _httpd_mmn        %%(cat %{_includedir}/httpd/.mmn 2>/dev/null || echo 0-0)}}
-%{!?_httpd_confdir:    %{expand: %%global _httpd_confdir    %%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d}}
-# /etc/httpd/conf.d with httpd < 2.4 and defined as /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d with httpd >= 2.4
-%{!?_httpd_modconfdir: %{expand: %%global _httpd_modconfdir %%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d}}
-%{!?_httpd_moddir:     %{expand: %%global _httpd_moddir     %%{_libdir}/httpd/modules}}
-%{!?_httpd_contentdir: %{expand: %%global _httpd_contentdir /var/www}}
 
 %global with_dtrace 1
 
@@ -132,6 +126,8 @@ Patch302: php-5.6.0-noNO.patch
 
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel, curl-devel >= 7.9
 BuildRequires: httpd-devel >= 2.0.46-1, pam-devel
+# to ensure we are using httpd with filesystem feature (see #1081453)
+BuildRequires: httpd-filesystem
 BuildRequires: libstdc++-devel, openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: sqlite-devel >= 3.6.0
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel, smtpdaemon, libedit-devel
@@ -157,15 +153,7 @@ Requires: php-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 # For backwards-compatibility, require php-cli for the time being:
 Requires: php-cli%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 # To ensure correct /var/lib/php/session ownership:
-Requires(pre): httpd
-
-%if 0%{?fedora} < 20
-# Don't provides extensions, which are not shared library, as .so
-%{?filter_provides_in: %filter_provides_in %{_libdir}/php/modules/.*\.so$}
-%{?filter_provides_in: %filter_provides_in %{_libdir}/php-zts/modules/.*\.so$}
-%{?filter_provides_in: %filter_provides_in %{_httpd_moddir}/.*\.so$}
-%{?filter_setup}
-%endif
+Requires(pre): httpd-filesystem
 
 
 %description
@@ -216,6 +204,10 @@ Requires: systemd-units
 Requires(post): systemd-units
 Requires(preun): systemd-units
 Requires(postun): systemd-units
+# To ensure correct /var/lib/php/session ownership:
+Requires(pre): httpd-filesystem
+# For php.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d
+Requires: httpd-filesystem
 
 %description fpm
 PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI
@@ -1177,21 +1169,12 @@ install -m 755 build-zts/libs/libphp5.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_moddir}/libphp5
 %endif
 
 # Apache config fragment
-%if "%{_httpd_modconfdir}" == "%{_httpd_confdir}"
-# Single config file with httpd < 2.4 (fedora <= 17)
-install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
-%if %{with_zts}
-cat %{SOURCE10} >>$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
-%endif
-cat %{SOURCE1} >>$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
-%else
 # Dual config file with httpd >= 2.4 (fedora >= 18)
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_modconfdir}/10-php.conf
 %if %{with_zts}
 cat %{SOURCE10} >>$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_modconfdir}/10-php.conf
 %endif
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
-%endif
 
 install -m 755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/php.d
 %if %{with_zts}
@@ -1342,15 +1325,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/php/modules/*.a \
 rm -f README.{Zeus,QNX,CVS-RULES}
 
 
-%pre fpm
-# Add the "apache" user as we don't require httpd
-getent group  apache >/dev/null || \
-  groupadd -g 48 -r apache
-getent passwd apache >/dev/null || \
-  useradd -r -u 48 -g apache -s /sbin/nologin \
-    -d %{_httpd_contentdir} -c "Apache" apache
-exit 0
-
 %post fpm
 %systemd_post php-fpm.service
 
@@ -1371,9 +1345,7 @@ exit 0
 %attr(0770,root,apache) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/php/session
 %attr(0770,root,apache) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/php/wsdlcache
 %config(noreplace) %{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
-%if "%{_httpd_modconfdir}" != "%{_httpd_confdir}"
 %config(noreplace) %{_httpd_modconfdir}/10-php.conf
-%endif
 %{_httpd_contentdir}/icons/php.gif
 
 %files common -f files.common
@@ -1422,6 +1394,7 @@ exit 0
 %license fpm_LICENSE
 %attr(0770,root,apache) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/php/session
 %attr(0770,root,apache) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/php/wsdlcache
+%config(noreplace) %{_httpd_confdir}/php.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/php-fpm.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/php-fpm.d/www.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/php-fpm
@@ -1500,6 +1473,8 @@ exit 0
 - cleanup with_libmysql
 - fix licenses handling
 - fix zts-php-config --php-binary output #1124605
+- provide php.conf with php-fpm, allow apache + fpm
+  to work with default configuration, without mod_php
 
 * Mon Jul  7 2014 Remi Collet <rcollet@redhat.com> 5.6.0-0.3.RC2
 - php 5.6.0RC2