diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
index a3973b7a09306..265c2f7ce2876 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
 	&& add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php \
 	&& curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg \
 	&& apt-get update \
-	&& apt-get install -y \
+	&& apt-get --purge install -y \
 		apache2 \
 		git \
 		jq \
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
 		ssmtp \
 		subversion \
 		sudo \
+		systemd-standalone-tmpfiles \
 		unzip \
 		vim \
 		zip \
 	&& apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove -y gpg software-properties-common \
 	&& find /var/ -name '*-old' -delete && rm -rf /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/apt/ ~/.launchpadlib
 
-# Enable mod_rewrite in Apache.
-RUN a2enmod rewrite
+# Enable various Apache modules.
+RUN a2dismod mpm_prefork && a2enmod rewrite mpm_event proxy_fcgi http2
 
 # Install requested version of PHP.
 COPY ./config/php.ini /var/lib/jetpack-config/php.ini
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt/lists/,sharing=private \
 	--mount=type=bind,source=./bin/ensure-php-version.sh,target=/usr/local/bin/ensure-php-version.sh \
 	: "${PHP_VERSION:?Build argument PHP_VERSION needs to be set and non-empty.}" \
 	&& ensure-php-version.sh "$PHP_VERSION" \
+	&& a2enconf "php$PHP_VERSION-fpm" \
 	&& find /var/ -name '*-old' -delete && rm -rf /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/alternatives.log /var/log/apt/ ~/.launchpadlib
 
 # Install requested version of Composer.
diff --git a/tools/docker/bin/ensure-php-version.sh b/tools/docker/bin/ensure-php-version.sh
index fa7c384213a52..1019233e52745 100755
--- a/tools/docker/bin/ensure-php-version.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/bin/ensure-php-version.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 # Determine packages to install.
 PKGS=(
-	"libapache2-mod-php${VER}"
 	"php${VER}"
 	"php${VER}-bcmath"
 	"php${VER}-cli"
 	"php${VER}-curl"
+	"php${VER}-fpm"
 	"php${VER}-intl"
 	"php${VER}-ldap"
 	"php${VER}-mbstring"
diff --git a/tools/docker/bin/run.sh b/tools/docker/bin/run.sh
index ad2ae6aa7106e..1d02ce843f06f 100755
--- a/tools/docker/bin/run.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/bin/run.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ set -e
 # If you modify anything here, remember to build the image again by running:
 # jetpack docker build-image
 
+source /etc/docker-args.sh
+
 user="${APACHE_RUN_USER:-www-data}"
 group="${APACHE_RUN_GROUP:-www-data}"
 
@@ -133,5 +135,7 @@ echo "Open http://${WP_DOMAIN}${WP_HOST_PORT}/ to see your site!"
 echo
 
 # Run apache in the foreground so the container keeps running
+echo "Running php-fpm"
+"/etc/init.d/php${PHP_VERSION}-fpm" start
 echo "Running Apache in the foreground"
 apachectl -D FOREGROUND