diff --git a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
index bb5fd5d409362d4a85d61a17626d57fb1b7bfb5c..b53d5ccc1659747f1268d302542aa6e08cf834c5 100644
--- a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ class installer_base {
 		$msg = '';
 
 		if(version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4', '<')) $msg .= "PHP Version 5.4 or newer is required. The currently used PHP version is ".phpversion().".\n";
+		if(version_compare(phpversion(), '8.0', '>=')) $msg .= "PHP Version 8 is not supported yet. Change PHP version back to the default version of the OS. The currently used PHP version is ".phpversion().".\n";
 		if(!function_exists('curl_init')) $msg .= "PHP Curl Module is missing.\n";
 		if(!function_exists('mysqli_connect')) $msg .= "PHP MySQLi Module is nmissing.\n";
 		if(!function_exists('mb_detect_encoding')) $msg .= "PHP Multibyte Module (MB) is missing.\n";