diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template b/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template
index 2bda855ba84..22eadd38e04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ homepage="https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu"
 distfiles="https://pecl.php.net/get/apcu-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=1033530448696ee7cadec85050f6df5135fb1330072ef2a74569392acfecfbc1
 
+post_extract() {
+	mv apcu-$version/* .
+}
+
 pre_configure() {
 	phpize8.1
 }