diff --git a/lfs/observium-agent b/lfs/observium-agent
index 86d7c5f47..b508e4ca6 100644
--- a/lfs/observium-agent
+++ b/lfs/observium-agent
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np2 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/observium/redirect_apache_localhost_to_port_81.patch
 
 	# Install xinet.d configuration
 	mkdir -pv /etc/xinetd.d
@@ -102,4 +103,3 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
 	@$(POSTBUILD)
-
diff --git a/src/patches/observium/redirect_apache_localhost_to_port_81.patch b/src/patches/observium/redirect_apache_localhost_to_port_81.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1a124054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/observium/redirect_apache_localhost_to_port_81.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/observium/scripts/agent-local/apache	Sun Oct  4 07:21:06 2015
++++ b/observium/scripts/agent-local/apache	Mon Jun 22 16:36:40 2026
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+         close INFILE;
+ } else {
+         # grab the status URL (fresh data)
+-        @data = split /(\n)/, LWP::Simple::get( 'http://localhost/server-status?auto' )
++        @data = split /(\n)/, LWP::Simple::get( 'http://localhost:81/server-status?auto' )
+                 or die "Data fetch failure.\n";
+ 
+         # write file
