diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8ec8bff5..e0dfb0e6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of the apache2 cookbook.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Add example of how to configure php fpm pool config for rhel9 and derivatives
+
 ## 9.3.3 - *2024-07-15*
 
 Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management
diff --git a/documentation/resource_apache2_mod.md b/documentation/resource_apache2_mod.md
index 4df5a29f6..efcdbda18 100644
--- a/documentation/resource_apache2_mod.md
+++ b/documentation/resource_apache2_mod.md
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ This will use a template resource to write the module's configuration file in th
 
 ## Properties
 
-| Name         | Type   | Default                     | Description                                                            |
-| ------------ | ------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `template`   | String |                             | Name of the template                                                   |
-| `root_group` | String | `node['root_group']`        | Set to override the platforms default root group for the template file |
-| `template_cookbook`   | String | `apache2`                   | Cookbook containing the template file
+| Name                | Type   | Default                     | Description                                                            |
+| ------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `template`          | String |                             | Name of the template                                                   |
+| `root_group`        | String | `node['root_group']`        | Set to override the platforms default root group for the template file |
+| `template_cookbook` | String | `apache2`                   | Cookbook containing the template file                                  |
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index f291e9df6..a5987898b 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ suites:
   - name: mod_php
     run_list:
       - recipe[test::php]
-    excludes:
-      - almalinux-9
-      - amazonlinux-2023
-      - centos-stream-9
-      - fedora-latest
-      - oraclelinux-9
-      - rockylinux-9
   - name: mod_wsgi
     run_list:
       - recipe[test::wsgi]
diff --git a/spec/resources/mod_php_spec.rb b/spec/resources/mod_php_spec.rb
index a9cdb5494..ff2fb3e70 100644
--- a/spec/resources/mod_php_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/resources/mod_php_spec.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
     it do
       is_expected.to enable_apache2_module('php').with(
-        identifier: 'php7_module',
-        mod_name: 'libphp7.4.so'
+        identifier: 'php_module',
+        mod_name: 'libphp8.1.so'
       )
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/test/recipes/php.rb b/test/cookbooks/test/recipes/php.rb
index 58c192c04..4dbed598d 100644
--- a/test/cookbooks/test/recipes/php.rb
+++ b/test/cookbooks/test/recipes/php.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,33 @@
   notifies :restart, 'apache2_service[default]'
 end
 
-apache2_mod_php '' do
-  notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+if apache_mod_php_supported?
+  apache2_mod_php '' do
+    notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+  end
+else
+  apache2_module 'proxy' do
+    notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+  end
+  apache2_module 'proxy_fcgi' do
+    notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+  end
+  apache2_mod_proxy 'proxy' do
+    notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+  end
+  php_fpm_pool 'nagios' do
+    user default_apache_user
+    group default_apache_group
+    listen_user default_apache_user
+    listen_group default_apache_group
+  end
+  apache2_conf 'custom_php_pool' do
+    template_cookbook 'test'
+    options(
+      apache_php_handler: "proxy:unix:#{php_fpm_socket}|fcgi://localhost"
+    )
+    notifies :reload, 'apache2_service[default]'
+  end
 end
 
 file "#{default_docroot_dir}/info.php" do
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/test/templates/custom_php_pool.conf.erb b/test/cookbooks/test/templates/custom_php_pool.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b993567ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cookbooks/test/templates/custom_php_pool.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml)$">
+  SetHandler "<%= @apache_php_handler %>"
+</FilesMatch>