diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e95adb2a19..7834c293d2a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed unzserialize(), to disable creation of unsupported data structures
     through manually crafted strings. (Dmitry)
 
+- Testing:
+  . Implemented request #62055 (Make run-tests.php support --CGI-- sections).
+    (cmb)
+
 - Zlib:
   . Added zlib/level context option for compress.zlib wrapper. (Sara)
 
diff --git a/run-tests.php b/run-tests.php
index 5694df9ff6e..1742514b5db 100755
--- a/run-tests.php
+++ b/run-tests.php
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ TEST $file
 	$tested = trim($section_text['TEST']);
 
 	/* For GET/POST/PUT tests, check if cgi sapi is available and if it is, use it. */
-	if (!empty($section_text['GET']) || !empty($section_text['POST']) || !empty($section_text['GZIP_POST']) || !empty($section_text['DEFLATE_POST']) || !empty($section_text['POST_RAW']) || !empty($section_text['PUT']) || !empty($section_text['COOKIE']) || !empty($section_text['EXPECTHEADERS'])) {
+	if (array_key_exists('CGI', $section_text) || !empty($section_text['GET']) || !empty($section_text['POST']) || !empty($section_text['GZIP_POST']) || !empty($section_text['DEFLATE_POST']) || !empty($section_text['POST_RAW']) || !empty($section_text['PUT']) || !empty($section_text['COOKIE']) || !empty($section_text['EXPECTHEADERS'])) {
 		if (isset($php_cgi)) {
 			$old_php = $php;
 			$php = $php_cgi . ' -C ';