diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6e6b1f..34df6db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Summary of release changes.
 - Adds `SYSTEM_TIMEZONE` handling to Makefile, scmi, systemd unit and docker-compose templates.
 - Adds system time zone validation to healthcheck.
 - Adds lock/state file to bootstrap/wrapper scripts.
+- Adds `php-wrapper` and `fcgid.conf` as part of the service; removing dependency on the php-hello-world app.
 - Removes unused `DOCKER_PORT_MAP_TCP_22` variable from environment includes.
 - Removes support for long image tags (i.e. centos-7-2.x.x).
 - Removes `APACHE_AUTOSTART_HTTPD_BOOTSTRAP`, replaced with `ENABLE_HTTPD_BOOTSTRAP`.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1c56ebc..4c7892b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ RUN mkdir -p -m 750 ${PACKAGE_PATH} \
 	&& mv \
 		${PACKAGE_PATH}/public \
 		${PACKAGE_PATH}/public_html \
+	&& rm -f \
+		${PACKAGE_PATH}/bin/php-wrapper \
+		${PACKAGE_PATH}/etc/httpd/conf.d/50-fcgid.conf \
 	&& $(\
 		if [[ -f /usr/share/php-pecl-apc/apc.php ]]; then \
 			cp \
diff --git a/src/etc/httpd/conf.d/00-fcgid.conf b/src/etc/httpd/conf.d/00-fcgid.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cb8e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/httpd/conf.d/00-fcgid.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<IfModule fcgid_module>
+    AddHandler fcgid-script php
+    AddType text/html php
+    DirectoryIndex index.php
+    FcgidFixPathinfo 1
+    FcgidIOTimeout 360
+    FcgidIdleTimeout 1800
+    FcgidMaxProcesses 10
+    FcgidMaxRequestLen 157286400
+    FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 10000
+    FcgidPassHeader Authorization
+
+    <Directory "${APACHE_CONTENT_ROOT}/${APACHE_PUBLIC_DIRECTORY}">
+        FcgidWrapper "/var/www/cgi-bin/php-wrapper --tmp=${APACHE_CONTENT_ROOT}/var/tmp" .php
+        <FilesMatch "\.php$">
+            Options +ExecCGI
+        </FilesMatch>
+    </Directory>
+</IfModule>
diff --git a/src/var/www/cgi-bin/php-wrapper b/src/var/www/cgi-bin/php-wrapper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c78ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/var/www/cgi-bin/php-wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function main ()
+{
+	local -r bin="/usr/bin/php-cgi"
+	local -r nice="/bin/nice"
+	local -r niceness="15"
+
+	local bin_options
+	local option
+	local -a options
+	local tmp="/var/tmp"
+
+	while [[ "${#}" -gt 0 ]]
+	do
+		case "${1}" in
+			-d)
+				options+=("${2}")
+				shift 2
+				;;
+			--tmp=*)
+				tmp="${1#*=}"
+				shift 1
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	if [[ ${#options[@]} -gt 0 ]]
+	then
+		for option in "${options[@]}"
+		do
+			bin_options+=" -d ${option}"
+		done
+	fi
+
+	export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN="0"
+	export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS="15000"
+	export PHPRC="/etc"
+	export REDIRECT_STATUS="200"
+	export TMP="${tmp}"
+	export TEMP="${tmp}"
+	export TMPDIR="${tmp}"
+
+	exec ${nice} \
+		-n ${niceness} \
+		${bin} \
+		${bin_options}
+}
+
+main "${@}"