diff --git a/nixos/release-combined.nix b/nixos/release-combined.nix
index 9377a931a75e..b23c17a1b696 100644
--- a/nixos/release-combined.nix
+++ b/nixos/release-combined.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ in rec {
       "nixos.tests.nfs4.simple.x86_64-linux"
       "nixos.tests.openssh.x86_64-linux"
       "nixos.tests.pantheon.x86_64-linux"
-      "nixos.tests.php-pcre.x86_64-linux"
+      "nixos.tests.php.x86_64-linux"
       "nixos.tests.plasma5.x86_64-linux"
       "nixos.tests.predictable-interface-names.predictableNetworkd.x86_64-linux"
       "nixos.tests.predictable-interface-names.predictable.x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/nixos/release-small.nix b/nixos/release-small.nix
index 2a15073b6698..d78788d05315 100644
--- a/nixos/release-small.nix
+++ b/nixos/release-small.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ in rec {
         nat
         nfs3
         openssh
-        php-pcre
+        php
         predictable-interface-names
         proxy
         simple;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ in rec {
         "nixos.tests.nat.standalone.x86_64-linux"
         "nixos.tests.nfs3.simple.x86_64-linux"
         "nixos.tests.openssh.x86_64-linux"
-        "nixos.tests.php-pcre.x86_64-linux"
+        "nixos.tests.php.x86_64-linux"
         "nixos.tests.predictable-interface-names.predictable.x86_64-linux"
         "nixos.tests.predictable-interface-names.predictableNetworkd.x86_64-linux"
         "nixos.tests.predictable-interface-names.unpredictable.x86_64-linux"
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index e003372ef9d4..1f8f0d49a850 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ in
   pgjwt = handleTest ./pgjwt.nix {};
   pgmanage = handleTest ./pgmanage.nix {};
   php = handleTest ./php {};
-  php-pcre = handleTest ./php-pcre.nix {};
   plasma5 = handleTest ./plasma5.nix {};
   plotinus = handleTest ./plotinus.nix {};
   postgis = handleTest ./postgis.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/php/default.nix b/nixos/tests/php/default.nix
index c5735bd664d7..9ab14f722d08 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/php/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/php/default.nix
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
   pkgs ? import ../../.. { inherit system config; }
 }: {
   fpm = import ./fpm.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
+  pcre = import ./pcre.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/tests/php-pcre.nix b/nixos/tests/php/pcre.nix
similarity index 56%
rename from nixos/tests/php-pcre.nix
rename to nixos/tests/php/pcre.nix
index d5c22e0582a0..56a87778579f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/php-pcre.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/php/pcre.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-
-let testString = "can-use-subgroups"; in
-
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ ...}: {
+let
+  testString = "can-use-subgroups";
+in import ../make-test-python.nix ({ ...}: {
   name = "php-httpd-pcre-jit-test";
   machine = { lib, pkgs, ... }: {
     time.timeZone = "UTC";
@@ -10,15 +9,13 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ ...}: {
       adminAddr = "please@dont.contact";
       enablePHP = true;
       phpOptions = "pcre.jit = true";
-      extraConfig =
-      let
+      extraConfig = let
         testRoot = pkgs.writeText "index.php"
-        ''
-          <?php
+          ''
+            <?php
             preg_match('/(${testString})/', '${testString}', $result);
             var_dump($result);
-          ?>
-        '';
+          '';
       in
         ''
           Alias / ${testRoot}/
@@ -30,11 +27,11 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ ...}: {
     };
   };
   testScript = { ... }:
-  ''
-    machine.wait_for_unit("httpd.service")
-    # Ensure php evaluation by matching on the var_dump syntax
-    assert 'string(${toString (builtins.stringLength testString)}) "${testString}"' in machine.succeed(
-        "curl -vvv -s http://127.0.0.1:80/index.php"
-    )
-  '';
+    ''
+      machine.wait_for_unit("httpd.service")
+      # Ensure php evaluation by matching on the var_dump syntax
+      assert 'string(${toString (builtins.stringLength testString)}) "${testString}"' in machine.succeed(
+          "curl -vvv -s http://127.0.0.1:80/index.php"
+      )
+    '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
index 3692191e121f..7daf32e5127c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/php/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# pcre functionality is tested in nixos/tests/php-pcre.nix
+# We have tests for PCRE and PHP-FPM in nixos/tests/php/ or
+# both in the same attribute named nixosTests.php
+
 { callPackage, config, fetchurl, lib, makeWrapper, stdenv, symlinkJoin
 , writeText , autoconf, automake, bison, flex, libtool, pkgconfig, re2c
 , apacheHttpd, libargon2, libxml2, pcre, pcre2 , systemd, valgrind