diff -uNr a/plugins/php/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/php/uwsgiplugin.py
--- a/plugins/php/uwsgiplugin.py	2022-01-22 22:40:33.783038869 +0100
+++ b/plugins/php/uwsgiplugin.py	2022-01-22 22:41:45.261394898 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
 if ld_run_path:
     LDFLAGS.append('-L%s' % ld_run_path)
 
-LIBS = [os.popen(PHPPATH + ' --libs').read().rstrip(), '-lphp' + php_version]
+# PHP8 and above does not add the version to the library
+# name
+if int(php_version) < 8:
+    LIBS = [os.popen(PHPPATH + ' --libs').read().rstrip(), '-lphp' + php_version]
+else:
+    LIBS = [os.popen(PHPPATH + ' --libs').read().rstrip(), '-lphp']
 
 phplibdir = os.environ.get('UWSGICONFIG_PHPLIBDIR')
 if phplibdir:
