diff --git a/srcpkgs/composer8.1/files/composer8.1 b/srcpkgs/composer8.1/files/composer8.1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3f41b8b557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/composer8.1/files/composer8.1
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+php8.1 -f /usr/libexec/composer.phar8.1 "$@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/composer8.1/template b/srcpkgs/composer8.1/template
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index 00000000000..9ae0765cf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/composer8.1/template
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Template file for 'composer8.1'
+pkgname=composer8.1
+version=2.3.5
+revision=1
+build_style=fetch
+depends="php8.1"
+short_desc="Dependency manager for PHP"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://getcomposer.org/"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/composer/composer/main/CHANGELOG.md"
+distfiles="https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/download/${version}/composer.phar
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/composer/composer/main/LICENSE"
+checksum="3b3b5a899c06a46aec280727bdf50aad14334f6bc40436ea76b07b650870d8f4
+ 7855ac293067aebe7e51afdd23b9dea54b8be24187dbecc9b9142581c37f596c"
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin ${FILESDIR}/composer8.1
+
+	vinstall composer.phar 644 usr/libexec composer.phar8.1
+	vlicense LICENSE
+
+	vmkdir /etc/php8.1/conf.d
+	printf 'extension=%s\n' phar iconv openssl zip \
+		>${DESTDIR}/etc/php8.1/conf.d/composer.ini
+}