diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 31f0920a57abfc394518d0deab3a5421d6c85c8b..8f3a3e55d80d4f916eb37b899d8fe8aab7124ef9 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
 Version: %{upver}
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 # All files licensed under PHP version 3.01, except
 # Zend is licensed under Zend
 # TSRM is licensed under BSD
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ Source53: 20-ffi.ini
 Source1001: composer.prov
 Source1002: composer.attr
 
+# Source for downstream rpm dependencies
+Source2001: phpapi.attr
+
 # Build fixes
 Patch1: php-8.4.0-httpd.patch
 Patch5: php-8.5.0-includedir.patch
@@ -1444,6 +1447,9 @@ sed -e "s/@PHP_APIVER@/%{apiver}-%{__isa_bits}/" \
 install -m 644 -D macros.php \
            $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.php
 
+install -m 644 -D %{S:2001} \
+           $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_fileattrsdir}/phpapi.attr
+
 # Remove unpackaged files
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/php/modules/*.a \
        $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/php-zts/modules/*.a \
@@ -1562,6 +1568,7 @@ systemctl try-restart php-fpm.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/php-zts/build
 %endif
 %{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.php
+%{_fileattrsdir}/phpapi.attr
 
 %files embedded
 %{_libdir}/libphp.so
@@ -1607,6 +1614,9 @@ systemctl try-restart php-fpm.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_fileattrsdir}/composer.attr
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 30 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 8.5.0-3
+- add phpapi.attr for generating php(api) dependency automatically
+
 * Sat Nov 22 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 8.5.0-2
 - Fix GH-20528 regression breaks mysql connexion using an IPv6 address enclosed
   in square brackets (upstream patch)
diff --git a/phpapi.attr b/phpapi.attr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0415cb60418221d26fe4d65e3408eede87645ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpapi.attr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+%__phpapi_path ^%{_libdir}/php.*/modules/.*so$
+%__phpapi_requires() %{lua:
+  print(string.format("php(api) = %s", rpm.expand("%php_core_api"), rpm.expand("%1")))
+}