diff --git a/README-zh.md b/README-zh.md
index 402fd635..b159a5c3 100755
--- a/README-zh.md
+++ b/README-zh.md
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ bin/spc --version
 - `--build-micro`：构建 phpmicro 自执行二进制
 - `--build-fpm`：构建 fpm
 - `--build-embed`：构建 embed（libphp）
+- `--build-cgi`: 构建 cgi（不推荐）
 - `--build-all`：构建所有
 
 如果出现了任何错误，可以使用 `--debug` 参数来展示完整的输出日志，以供排查错误：
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22eda03f..e405edf4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ Now we support `cli`, `micro`, `fpm` and `embed` SAPI. You can use one or more o
 - `--build-micro`: build static phpmicro self-extracted executable
 - `--build-fpm`: build static fpm binary
 - `--build-embed`: build embed (libphp)
+- `--build-cgi`: build cgi binary (not recommended)
 - `--build-all`: build all
 
 If anything goes wrong, use `--debug` option to display full terminal output:
diff --git a/config/env.ini b/config/env.ini
index 3641d54b..4b9f294a 100644
--- a/config/env.ini
+++ b/config/env.ini
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ SPC_MICRO_PATCHES=cli_checks,disable_huge_page
 ; buildconf command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_BUILDCONF="./buildconf --force"
 ; configure command
-SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-all --disable-cgi --disable-phpdbg --with-pic"
+SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-all --disable-phpdbg --with-pic"
 ; make command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE="make -j${SPC_CONCURRENCY}"
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ SPC_MICRO_PATCHES=cli_checks,macos_iconv
 ; buildconf command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_BUILDCONF="./buildconf --force"
 ; configure command
-SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --disable-all --disable-cgi --disable-phpdbg"
+SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_CONFIGURE="./configure --prefix= --with-valgrind=no --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --disable-all --disable-phpdbg"
 ; make command
 SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE="make -j${SPC_CONCURRENCY}"
 
diff --git a/docs/en/guide/manual-build.md b/docs/en/guide/manual-build.md
index 2b00358e..28f0ec87 100644
--- a/docs/en/guide/manual-build.md
+++ b/docs/en/guide/manual-build.md
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ You need to specify a compilation target, choose from the following parameters:
 
 - `--build-cli`: Build a cli sapi (command line interface, which can execute PHP code on the command line)
 - `--build-fpm`: Build a fpm sapi (php-fpm, used in conjunction with other traditional fpm architecture software such as nginx)
+- `--build-cgi`: Build a cgi sapi (cgi, rarely used)
 - `--build-micro`: Build a micro sapi (used to build a standalone executable binary containing PHP code)
 - `--build-embed`: Build an embed sapi (used to embed into other C language programs)
 - `--build-frankenphp`: Build a [FrankenPHP](https://github.com/php/frankenphp) executable
diff --git a/docs/zh/guide/manual-build.md b/docs/zh/guide/manual-build.md
index b7291e85..4c24cab8 100644
--- a/docs/zh/guide/manual-build.md
+++ b/docs/zh/guide/manual-build.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ bin/spc doctor --auto-fix
 
 - `--build-cli`: 构建一个 cli sapi（命令行界面，可在命令行执行 PHP 代码）
 - `--build-fpm`: 构建一个 fpm sapi（php-fpm，用于和其他传统的 fpm 架构的软件如 nginx 配合使用）
+- `--build-cgi`: 构建一个 cgi sapi（cgi，可用于传统的 cgi 架构的软件如 apache 配合使用）
 - `--build-micro`: 构建一个 micro sapi（用于构建一个包含 PHP 代码的独立可执行二进制）
 - `--build-embed`: 构建一个 embed sapi（用于嵌入到其他 C 语言程序中）
 - `--build-frankenphp`: 构建一个 [frankenphp](https://github.com/php/frankenphp) 二进制
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/BuilderBase.php b/src/SPC/builder/BuilderBase.php
index 3bd0b538..b410aab3 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/BuilderBase.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/BuilderBase.php
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ abstract class BuilderBase
         if (($type & BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP) === BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP) {
             $ls[] = 'frankenphp';
         }
+        if (($type & BUILD_TARGET_CGI) === BUILD_TARGET_CGI) {
+            $ls[] = 'cgi';
+        }
         return implode(', ', $ls);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
index 3d8a30f7..c4eb2b05 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/linux/LinuxBuilder.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         $enableMicro = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_MICRO) === BUILD_TARGET_MICRO;
         $enableEmbed = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_EMBED) === BUILD_TARGET_EMBED;
         $enableFrankenphp = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP) === BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP;
+        $enableCgi = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_CGI) === BUILD_TARGET_CGI;
 
         // prepare build php envs
         // $musl_flag = SPCTarget::getLibc() === 'musl' ? ' -D__MUSL__' : ' -U__MUSL__';
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
                 ($enableFpm ? '--enable-fpm ' . ($this->getLib('libacl') !== null ? '--with-fpm-acl ' : '') : '--disable-fpm ') .
                 ($enableEmbed ? "--enable-embed={$embed_type} " : '--disable-embed ') .
                 ($enableMicro ? '--enable-micro=all-static ' : '--disable-micro ') .
+                ($enableCgi ? '--enable-cgi ' : '--disable-cgi ') .
                 $config_file_path .
                 $config_file_scan_dir .
                 $json_74 .
@@ -131,6 +133,10 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
             logger()->info('building fpm');
             $this->buildFpm();
         }
+        if ($enableCgi) {
+            logger()->info('building cgi');
+            $this->buildCgi();
+        }
         if ($enableMicro) {
             logger()->info('building micro');
             $this->buildMicro();
@@ -182,6 +188,25 @@ class LinuxBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         $this->deployBinary(BUILD_TARGET_CLI);
     }
 
+    protected function buildCgi(): void
+    {
+        $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
+        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src')
+            ->exec('sed -i "s|//lib|/lib|g" Makefile')
+            ->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cgi");
+
+        if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
+            shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/cgi')->exec('strip --strip-unneeded php-cgi');
+        }
+        if ($this->getOption('with-upx-pack')) {
+            shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/cgi')
+                ->exec(getenv('UPX_EXEC') . ' --best php-cgi');
+        }
+
+        $this->deployBinary(BUILD_TARGET_CGI);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Build phpmicro sapi
      */
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php b/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
index 66e9a399..13a978d3 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/macos/MacOSBuilder.php
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class MacOSBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         $enableMicro = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_MICRO) === BUILD_TARGET_MICRO;
         $enableEmbed = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_EMBED) === BUILD_TARGET_EMBED;
         $enableFrankenphp = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP) === BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP;
+        $enableCgi = ($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_CGI) === BUILD_TARGET_CGI;
 
         // prepare build php envs
         $envs_build_php = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString([
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ class MacOSBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
                 ($enableFpm ? '--enable-fpm ' : '--disable-fpm ') .
                 ($enableEmbed ? "--enable-embed={$embed_type} " : '--disable-embed ') .
                 ($enableMicro ? '--enable-micro ' : '--disable-micro ') .
+                ($enableCgi ? '--enable-cgi ' : '--disable-cgi ') .
                 $config_file_path .
                 $config_file_scan_dir .
                 $json_74 .
@@ -145,6 +147,10 @@ class MacOSBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
             logger()->info('building fpm');
             $this->buildFpm();
         }
+        if ($enableCgi) {
+            logger()->info('building cgi');
+            $this->buildCgi();
+        }
         if ($enableMicro) {
             logger()->info('building micro');
             $this->buildMicro();
@@ -189,6 +195,19 @@ class MacOSBuilder extends UnixBuilderBase
         $this->deployBinary(BUILD_TARGET_CLI);
     }
 
+    protected function buildCgi(): void
+    {
+        $vars = SystemUtil::makeEnvVarString($this->getMakeExtraVars());
+
+        $shell = shell()->cd(SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src');
+        $SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE = getenv('SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE') ?: 'make';
+        $shell->exec("{$SPC_CMD_PREFIX_PHP_MAKE} {$vars} cgi");
+        if (!$this->getOption('no-strip', false)) {
+            $shell->exec('dsymutil -f sapi/cgi/php-cgi')->exec('strip -S sapi/cgi/php-cgi');
+        }
+        $this->deployBinary(BUILD_TARGET_CGI);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Build phpmicro sapi
      */
diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/unix/UnixBuilderBase.php b/src/SPC/builder/unix/UnixBuilderBase.php
index 3beca8bf..5309636f 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/unix/UnixBuilderBase.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/unix/UnixBuilderBase.php
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ abstract class UnixBuilderBase extends BuilderBase
             }
         }
 
+        // sanity check for php-cgi
+        if (($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_CGI) === BUILD_TARGET_CGI) {
+            logger()->info('running cgi sanity check');
+            [$ret, $output] = shell()->execWithResult("echo '<?php echo \"<h1>Hello, World!</h1>\";' | " . BUILD_BIN_PATH . '/php-cgi -n');
+            $raw_output = implode('', $output);
+            if ($ret !== 0 || !str_contains($raw_output, 'Hello, World!') || !str_contains($raw_output, 'text/html')) {
+                throw new ValidationException("cgi failed sanity check. code: {$ret}, output: {$raw_output}", validation_module: 'php-cgi sanity check');
+            }
+        }
+
         // sanity check for embed
         if (($build_target & BUILD_TARGET_EMBED) === BUILD_TARGET_EMBED) {
             logger()->info('running embed sanity check');
@@ -207,6 +217,7 @@ abstract class UnixBuilderBase extends BuilderBase
             BUILD_TARGET_CLI => SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/cli/php',
             BUILD_TARGET_MICRO => SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/micro/micro.sfx',
             BUILD_TARGET_FPM => SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/fpm/php-fpm',
+            BUILD_TARGET_CGI => SOURCE_PATH . '/php-src/sapi/cgi/php-cgi',
             default => throw new SPCInternalException("Deployment does not accept type {$type}"),
         };
         logger()->info('Deploying ' . $this->getBuildTypeName($type) . ' file');
diff --git a/src/SPC/command/BuildPHPCommand.php b/src/SPC/command/BuildPHPCommand.php
index 58b6059b..3ffc54ce 100644
--- a/src/SPC/command/BuildPHPCommand.php
+++ b/src/SPC/command/BuildPHPCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class BuildPHPCommand extends BuildCommand
         $this->addOption('build-fpm', null, null, 'Build fpm SAPI (not available on Windows)');
         $this->addOption('build-embed', null, null, 'Build embed SAPI (not available on Windows)');
         $this->addOption('build-frankenphp', null, null, 'Build FrankenPHP SAPI (not available on Windows)');
+        $this->addOption('build-cgi', null, null, 'Build cgi SAPI (not available on Windows)');
         $this->addOption('build-all', null, null, 'Build all SAPI');
         $this->addOption('no-strip', null, null, 'build without strip, keep symbols to debug');
         $this->addOption('disable-opcache-jit', null, null, 'disable opcache jit');
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ class BuildPHPCommand extends BuildCommand
         $rule |= ($this->getOption('build-fpm') ? BUILD_TARGET_FPM : BUILD_TARGET_NONE);
         $rule |= $this->getOption('build-embed') || !empty($shared_extensions) ? BUILD_TARGET_EMBED : BUILD_TARGET_NONE;
         $rule |= ($this->getOption('build-frankenphp') ? (BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP | BUILD_TARGET_EMBED) : BUILD_TARGET_NONE);
+        $rule |= ($this->getOption('build-cgi') ? BUILD_TARGET_CGI : BUILD_TARGET_NONE);
         $rule |= ($this->getOption('build-all') ? BUILD_TARGET_ALL : BUILD_TARGET_NONE);
         return $rule;
     }
diff --git a/src/globals/defines.php b/src/globals/defines.php
index 71d6277b..36ffba79 100644
--- a/src/globals/defines.php
+++ b/src/globals/defines.php
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ const BUILD_TARGET_MICRO = 2;   // build micro
 const BUILD_TARGET_FPM = 4;     // build fpm
 const BUILD_TARGET_EMBED = 8;   // build embed
 const BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP = 16;   // build frankenphp
-const BUILD_TARGET_ALL = BUILD_TARGET_CLI | BUILD_TARGET_MICRO | BUILD_TARGET_FPM | BUILD_TARGET_EMBED | BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP;    // build all
+const BUILD_TARGET_CGI = 32;   // build cgi
+const BUILD_TARGET_ALL = BUILD_TARGET_CLI | BUILD_TARGET_MICRO | BUILD_TARGET_FPM | BUILD_TARGET_EMBED | BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP | BUILD_TARGET_CGI;    // build all
 
 // doctor error fix policy
 const FIX_POLICY_DIE = 1;       // die directly
diff --git a/tests/SPC/builder/BuilderTest.php b/tests/SPC/builder/BuilderTest.php
index 4181b693..d28bd4d3 100644
--- a/tests/SPC/builder/BuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/SPC/builder/BuilderTest.php
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class BuilderTest extends TestCase
             [BUILD_TARGET_MICRO, 'micro'],
             [BUILD_TARGET_EMBED, 'embed'],
             [BUILD_TARGET_FRANKENPHP, 'frankenphp'],
-            [BUILD_TARGET_ALL, 'cli, micro, fpm, embed, frankenphp'],
+            [BUILD_TARGET_ALL, 'cli, micro, fpm, embed, frankenphp, cgi'],
             [BUILD_TARGET_CLI | BUILD_TARGET_EMBED, 'cli, embed'],
         ];
     }