diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 91c91dc0ab38..0b426aaecc0a 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
   </itemizedlist>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-highlights">
     <title>Highlights</title>
-    <para>
-    </para>
+    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          PHP 8.1 is now available
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-new-services">
     <title>New Services</title>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index b233d02fa568..0f39c20a76e2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 ## Highlights {#sec-release-22.05-highlights}
 
+- PHP 8.1 is now available
+
 ## New Services {#sec-release-22.05-new-services}
 
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-22.05-incompatibilities}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 5afe05c1b727..68a15d32bf80 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ in
   php = handleTest ./php {};
   php74 = handleTest ./php { php = pkgs.php74; };
   php80 = handleTest ./php { php = pkgs.php80; };
+  php81 = handleTest ./php { php = pkgs.php81; };
   pinnwand = handleTest ./pinnwand.nix {};
   plasma5 = handleTest ./plasma5.nix {};
   plasma5-systemd-start = handleTest ./plasma5-systemd-start.nix {};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.1.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..736d6c808cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/8.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ callPackage, lib, stdenv, ... }@_args:
+
+let
+  base = callPackage ./generic.nix (_args // {
+    version = "8.1.1";
+    sha256 = "sha256-j4vJytbNEk7cER99sKEJdF4vY4dwoQGzwiopU/eptA4=";
+  });
+
+in
+base.withExtensions ({ all, ... }: with all; ([
+  bcmath
+  calendar
+  curl
+  ctype
+  dom
+  exif
+  fileinfo
+  filter
+  ftp
+  gd
+  gettext
+  gmp
+  iconv
+  intl
+  ldap
+  mbstring
+  mysqli
+  mysqlnd
+  opcache
+  openssl
+  pcntl
+  pdo
+  pdo_mysql
+  pdo_odbc
+  pdo_pgsql
+  pdo_sqlite
+  pgsql
+  posix
+  readline
+  session
+  simplexml
+  sockets
+  soap
+  sodium
+  sqlite3
+  tokenizer
+  xmlreader
+  xmlwriter
+  zip
+  zlib
+] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ imap ]))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cf51b1df7af8..54e93db2d33b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13493,6 +13493,13 @@ with pkgs;
   phpExtensions = php.extensions;
   phpPackages = php.packages;
 
+  # Import PHP81 interpreter, extensions and packages
+  php81 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/php/8.1.nix {
+    stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages.stdenv else stdenv;
+  };
+  php81Extensions = recurseIntoAttrs php81.extensions;
+  php81Packages = recurseIntoAttrs php81.packages;
+
   # Import PHP80 interpreter, extensions and packages
   php80 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/php/8.0.nix {
     stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages.stdenv else stdenv;