diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-pear b/srcpkgs/php8.1-pear
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000000..4ad857cc7c081d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.1-pear
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+php8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1/template b/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
index f18fa2cb9a7ccc..5b531400f54114 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.1/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'php8.1'
 pkgname=php8.1
 version=8.1.10
-revision=1
+revision=2
 _php_version=8.1
 wrksrc="php-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="bison pkg-config apache-devel"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ conf_files="/etc/php${_php_version}/php.ini"
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	# phar needs php to build
+	# phar and pear need php to build
 	hostmakedepends+=" php${_php_version}"
 	CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_LIBDL
 		 -DHAVE_DLOPEN
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ do_build() {
 		--with-mysqli=shared,mysqlnd \
 		--with-openssl=shared \
 		--with-external-pcre \
-		--without-pear \
+		--with-pear=/usr/share/pear${_php_version} \
 		--with-pdo-mysql=shared,mysqlnd \
 		--with-pdo-odbc=shared,unixODBC,$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr \
 		--with-pdo-pgsql=shared,$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ do_build() {
 
 	EXTENSION_DIR="/usr/lib/php${_php_version}/modules"
 	export EXTENSION_DIR
-	PEAR_INSTALLDIR=/usr/share/pear
+	PEAR_INSTALLDIR=/usr/share/pear${_php_version}
 	export PEAR_INSTALLDIR
 	EXTRA_LIBS="-ldl"
 	export EXTRA_LIBS
@@ -218,6 +218,26 @@ php8.1-embed_package() {
 	}
 }
 
+php8.1-pear_package() {
+	lib32disabled=yes
+	depends="php${_php_version}-${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=' - PHP Extension and Application Repository'
+	conf_files="/etc/php${_php_version}/pear.conf"
+	pkg_install() {
+		cd ${wrksrc}/build
+		local _env="INSTALL_ROOT=${PKGDESTDIR} PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=php${_php_version}"
+		if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+			_env+=" PEAR_PHP=/usr/bin/php${_php_version}"
+		fi
+		make install-pear ${_env}
+		rm -rf ${PKGDESTDIR}/.{channels,depdb,depdblock,filemap,lock,registry}
+		rm -rf ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/pear/.{channels,depdb,depdblock,filemap,lock,registry}
+		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/pear{,${_php_version}}
+		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/peardev{,${_php_version}}
+		mv ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/pecl{,${_php_version}}
+	}
+}
+
 php8.1-enchant_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes
 	depends="php${_php_version}-${version}_${revision}"