diff --git a/uwsgi.spec b/uwsgi.spec
index 150b288..0cc77f1 100644
--- a/uwsgi.spec
+++ b/uwsgi.spec
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
 Name:           uwsgi
 Version:        2.0.20
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast, self-healing, application container server
 # uwsgi is licensed under GPLv2 with a linking exception
 # docs are licensed under MIT
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ Patch13:        uwsgi_fix_chroot_chdir.patch
 Patch14:        uwsgi_fix_php_arginfo.patch
 Patch15:        uwsgi_fix_python_py_ssize_t.patch
 Patch16:        uwsgi_python311.patch
+# https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/pull/2400
+Patch17:        uwsgi_fix_php81_filename_zend_string.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  curl, libxml2-devel, libuuid-devel, jansson-devel
 BuildRequires:  libyaml-devel, ruby-devel
@@ -1241,6 +1243,7 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE5} README.Fedora
 %patch14 -p1
 %patch15 -p1
 %patch16 -p1
+%patch17 -p1
 
 %if %{with perl} && (%{with python3} || %{with python3_other}) && %{with perlcoro}
 %{__python} -m lib2to3 --write --nobackups plugins/coroae/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -1835,6 +1838,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 09 2022 Ralf Ertzinger <ralf@skytale.net> - 2.0.20-9
+- Fix PHP 8.1 support
+
 * Sat Jul 23 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.20-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/uwsgi_fix_php81_filename_zend_string.patch b/uwsgi_fix_php81_filename_zend_string.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d9025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uwsgi_fix_php81_filename_zend_string.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 8ca18da9a01eee19156243c5c0d28d2572698e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Riccardo Magliocchetti <riccardo.magliocchetti@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:31:50 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] plugins/php: handle php8.1 zend_file_handle signature change
+
+filename is now a zend_string.
+
+Refs #2394
+---
+ plugins/php/php_plugin.c | 17 +++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
+index d336adddc..8b5a24156 100644
+--- a/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
++++ b/plugins/php/php_plugin.c
+@@ -1096,14 +1096,19 @@ int uwsgi_php_request(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
+ 
+ 	SG(request_info).path_translated = wsgi_req->file;
+ 
+-        memset(&file_handle, 0, sizeof(zend_file_handle));
+-        file_handle.type = ZEND_HANDLE_FILENAME;
+-        file_handle.filename = real_filename;
++#if PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80100
++	zend_string *handle_filename = zend_string_init(real_filename, real_filename_len, 0);
++#else
++	const char *handle_filename = real_filename;
++#endif
++	memset(&file_handle, 0, sizeof(zend_file_handle));
++	file_handle.type = ZEND_HANDLE_FILENAME;
++	file_handle.filename = handle_filename;
+ 
+-        if (php_request_startup() == FAILURE) {
++	if (php_request_startup() == FAILURE) {
+ 		uwsgi_500(wsgi_req);
+-                return -1;
+-        }
++		return -1;
++	}
+ 
+ 	struct uwsgi_string_list *usl=NULL;
+