diff --git a/lang/php4/files/patch-sapi_apache2handler_sapi_apache2.c b/lang/php4/files/patch-sapi_apache2handler_sapi_apache2.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dde4289f4726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/php4/files/patch-sapi_apache2handler_sapi_apache2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c.orig	Thu Nov  3 10:13:33 2005
++++ sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c	Thu Nov  3 10:14:41 2005
+@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
+ 		if (!parent_req) {
+ 			parent_req = ctx->r;
+ 		}
+-		if (parent_req && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_MAGIC_TYPE) && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_SOURCE_MAGIC_TYPE) && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_SCRIPT)) {
++		if (parent_req && parent_req->handler && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_MAGIC_TYPE) && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_SOURCE_MAGIC_TYPE) && strcmp(parent_req->handler, PHP_SCRIPT)) {
+ 			if (php_apache_request_ctor(r, ctx TSRMLS_CC)!=SUCCESS) {
+ 				zend_bailout();
+ 			}