diff --git a/nginx-php.conf b/nginx-php.conf
index 9b01536..1df1b04 100644
--- a/nginx-php.conf
+++ b/nginx-php.conf
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 #
 index index.php index.html index.htm;
 
-location ~ \.php$ {
-    try_files $uri =404;
+location ~ \.(php|phar)(/.*)?$ {
+    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.(?:php|phar))(/.*)$;
+
     fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
     fastcgi_index  index.php;
     include        fastcgi_params;
     fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+    fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
     fastcgi_pass   php-fpm;
 }
diff --git a/php.conf b/php.conf
index 1a5d148..2eb6a28 100644
--- a/php.conf
+++ b/php.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
     #
     # Cause the PHP interpreter to handle files with a .php extension.
     #
-    <FilesMatch \.php$>
+    <FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
         SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
     </FilesMatch>
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
     # Enable http authorization headers
     SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
 
-    <FilesMatch \.php$>
+    <FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
         SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock|fcgi://localhost"
     </FilesMatch>
   </IfModule>
diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 01109c9..cff97b1 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 %endif
 
 %global rcver  RC1
-%global rpmrel 2
+%global rpmrel 3
 
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
@@ -1501,6 +1501,9 @@ rm -f README.{Zeus,QNX,CVS-RULES}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat May  6 2017 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 7.1.5-0.3.RC1
+- enable PHP execution of .phar files, see #1117140
+
 * Thu Apr 27 2017 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 7.1.5-0.2.RC1
 - new sources from new tag