diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59d04a55..afaccbbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 * evolinux-base: option to bypass raid-related tasks
 * kvm-host: add missing default value
 * openvpn: now check that openvpn has been restarted since last certificates renewal
+* lxc-php: preliminary support for PHP 8.1 container
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
index 9eb226f1..415d1c9e 100644
--- a/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ lxc_php_container_releases:
   php73: "buster"
   php74: "bullseye"
   php80: "bullseye"
+  php81: "bullseye"
diff --git a/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml b/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
index 27ba8157..a757a2d0 100644
--- a/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
+- name: Reload php81-fpm
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    container_command: "systemctl reload php8.1-fpm"
+
 - name: Reload php80-fpm
   lxc_container:
     name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/main.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/main.yml
index 0de38336..c6d85fbe 100644
--- a/lxc-php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@
 - include: "php80.yml"
   when: lxc_php_version == "php80"
 
+- include: "php81.yml"
+  when: lxc_php_version == "php81"
+
 - include: "misc.yml"
diff --git a/lxc-php/tasks/php81.yml b/lxc-php/tasks/php81.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4498dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc-php/tasks/php81.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+---
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install dependency packages"
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y wget apt-transport-https gnupg"
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - fix bullseye repository"
+  replace:
+    dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/apt/sources.list"
+    regexp: 'bullseye/updates'
+    replace: 'bullseye-security'
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Add sury repo"
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sury.list"
+    line: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+    create: yes
+    mode: "0644"
+  loop:
+    - "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ bullseye main"
+    - "deb http://pub.evolix.net/ bullseye-php81/"
+
+- name: copy pub.evolix.net GPG key
+  copy:
+    src: reg.asc
+    dest: /var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/reg.asc
+    mode: "0644"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: copy packages.sury.org GPG Key
+  copy:
+    src: sury.gpg
+    dest: /var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sury.gpg
+    mode: "0644"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Update APT cache"
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt update"
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Install PHP packages"
+  lxc_container:
+    name: "{{ lxc_php_version }}"
+    container_command: "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y php-fpm php-cli php-gd php-intl php-imap php-ldap php-mysql php-pgsql php-sqlite3 php-curl php-zip php-mbstring php-zip composer libphp-phpmailer"
+
+- name: "{{ lxc_php_version }} - Copy evolinux PHP configuration"
+  template:
+    src: z-evolinux-defaults.ini.j2
+    dest: "{{ line_item }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: "Reload {{ lxc_php_version }}-fpm"
+  loop:
+    - "/var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/z-evolinux-defaults.ini"
+    - "/var/lib/lxc/{{ lxc_php_version }}/rootfs/etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/z-evolinux-defaults.ini"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: line_item
+
+- include: "mail_opensmtpd.yml"
diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix.cfg.j2 b/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix.cfg.j2
index 7b63b017..80eaaaf2 100644
--- a/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix.cfg.j2
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix.cfg.j2
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ command[check_php-fpm70]=sudo {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/check_phpfpm_multi
 command[check_php-fpm73]=sudo {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/check_phpfpm_multi /var/lib/lxc/php73/rootfs/etc/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/
 command[check_php-fpm74]=sudo {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/check_phpfpm_multi /var/lib/lxc/php74/rootfs/etc/php/7.4/fpm/pool.d/
 command[check_php-fpm80]=sudo {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/check_phpfpm_multi /var/lib/lxc/php80/rootfs/etc/php/8.0/fpm/pool.d/
+command[check_php-fpm81]=sudo {{ nagios_plugins_directory }}/check_phpfpm_multi /var/lib/lxc/php81/rootfs/etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/
 command[check_ipmi_sensors]=sudo /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ipmi_sensor
 command[check_raid_status]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_raid
 
diff --git a/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml b/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
index ad211bbb..bbf086ce 100644
--- a/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
+++ b/packweb-apache/meta/main.yml
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ dependencies:
   - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php73, lxc_php_create_mysql_link: True, when: "'php73' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
   - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php74, lxc_php_create_mysql_link: True, when: "'php74' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
   - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php80, lxc_php_create_mysql_link: True, when: "'php80' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
+  - { role: evolix/lxc-php, lxc_php_version: php81, lxc_php_create_mysql_link: True, when: "'php81' in packweb_multiphp_versions" }
   - { role: evolix/webapps/evoadmin-web, evoadmin_enable_vhost: "{{ packweb_enable_evoadmin_vhost }}", evoadmin_multiphp_versions: "{{ packweb_multiphp_versions }}" }
   - { role: evolix/evoacme }