diff --git a/testing/php81/APKBUILD b/testing/php81/APKBUILD
index e1073df77142c5daa106247577fb70e3ed53d725..6ce4d2b484f4cad65235d688af81c9256d78dcd1 100644
--- a/testing/php81/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/php81/APKBUILD
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pkgname=php81
 _pkgreal=php
 pkgver=8.1.0_rc2
 _pkgver=${pkgver//_rc/RC}
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 _apiver=20210902
 _suffix=${pkgname#php}
 # Is this package the default (latest) PHP version?
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ case "$CARCH" in
 		makedepends="$makedepends libucontext-dev"
 		export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lucontext"
 		;;
+	*)
+		# see https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/12775
+		subpackages="$subpackages $pkgname-litespeed"
+		;;
 esac
 
 # secfixes:
@@ -333,10 +337,13 @@ build() {
 		--with-apxs2
 	mv libs/libphp.so sapi/apache2handler/mod_php$_suffix.so
 
-	# cgi, cli, fpm, embed, phpdbg, pear/pecl
+	local enable_litespeed
+	[ -z ${subpackages##*-litespeed*} ] && enable_litespeed=--enable-litespeed
+	# cgi, cli, fpm, embed, phpdbg, pear/pecl, litespeed
 	_build --enable-phpdbg \
 		--with-pear=/usr/share/$pkgname \
 		--enable-fpm \
+		$enable_litespeed \
 		--enable-embed
 }