diff --git a/lang/php8/Makefile b/lang/php8/Makefile
index ebe56e03..ad46f998 100644
--- a/lang/php8/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php8/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=php
-PKG_VERSION:=8.1.7
+PKG_VERSION:=8.1.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Michael Heimpold <mhei@heimpold.de>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:php:php
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.php.net/distributions/
-PKG_HASH:=f042322f1b5a9f7c2decb84b7086ef676896c2f7178739b9672afafa964ed0e5
+PKG_HASH:=04c065515bc347bc68e0bb1ac7182669a98a731e4a17727e5731650ad3d8de4c
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
@@ -270,7 +270,13 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php8-mod-iconv),)
-  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-iconv=shared,"$(ICONV_PREFIX)"
+  ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_NLS),y)
+    CONFIGURE_VARS+= iconv_impl_name="gnu_libiconv"
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-iconv=shared,"$(ICONV_PREFIX)"
+  else
+    CONFIGURE_VARS+= ac_cv_func_iconv=yes
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-iconv=shared
+  endif
 else
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-iconv
 endif
@@ -485,7 +491,6 @@ endif
 CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
 	ac_cv_c_bigendian_php=$(if $(CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN),yes,no) \
 	php_cv_cc_rpath="no" \
-	iconv_impl_name="gnu_libiconv" \
 	ac_cv_php_xml2_config_path="$(STAGING_DIR)/host/bin/xml2-config" \
 	ac_cv_u8t_decompose=yes \
 	ac_cv_have_pcre2_jit=no