diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-php-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-php-images.yml
index c9ca907f..32b9ef08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-php-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-php-images.yml
@@ -25,27 +25,35 @@ jobs:
           - image: php
             tag: 8.5-fpm-7
             context: images/8.5-fpm
+            min_php: 8.5.12
           - image: php
             tag: 8.5-apache-7
             context: images/8.5-apache
+            min_php: 8.5.12
           - image: php
             tag: 8.4-fpm-7
             context: images/8.4-fpm
+            min_php: 8.4.27
           - image: php
             tag: 8.4-apache-7
             context: images/8.4-apache
+            min_php: 8.4.27
           - image: php
             tag: 8.3-fpm-7
             context: images/8.3-fpm
+            min_php: 8.3.36
           - image: php
             tag: 8.3-apache-7
             context: images/8.3-apache
+            min_php: 8.3.36
           - image: php
             tag: 8.2-fpm-7
             context: images/8.2-fpm
+            min_php: 8.2.35
           - image: php
             tag: 8.2-apache-7
             context: images/8.2-apache
+            min_php: 8.2.35
           - image: php
             tag: 8.1-fpm-7
             context: images/8.1-fpm
@@ -119,5 +127,7 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           push: true
           tags: devwithlando/${{ matrix.image }}:${{ matrix.tag }}${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_suffix }}
+          pull: true
+          build-args: MIN_PHP=${{ matrix.min_php }}
           cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.image }}-${{ matrix.tag }}
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.image }}-${{ matrix.tag }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee1d58b6..7b7e25b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## {{ UNRELEASED_VERSION }} - [{{ UNRELEASED_DATE }}]({{ UNRELEASED_LINK }})
 
+* Added minimum PHP version build checks for supported PHP `8.2`–`8.5` images [#255](https://github.com/lando/php/pull/255)
+
 ## v1.12.0 - [March 8, 2026](https://github.com/lando/php/releases/tag/v1.12.0)
 
 * Enabled `mod_headers` and `mod_expires` Apache modules by default [#243](https://github.com/lando/php/issues/243)
diff --git a/images/8.2-apache/Dockerfile b/images/8.2-apache/Dockerfile
index d410ab07..ad38cf98 100644
--- a/images/8.2-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.2-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # docker build -t devwithlando/php:8.2-apache-7 .
 
 FROM php:8.2-apache-bookworm
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ADD --chmod=0755 https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/images/8.2-fpm/Dockerfile b/images/8.2-fpm/Dockerfile
index 7577dfa0..b06f76e8 100644
--- a/images/8.2-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.2-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # docker build -t devwithlando/php:8.2-fpm-7 .
 
 FROM php:8.2-fpm-bookworm
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ADD --chmod=0755 https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/images/8.3-apache/Dockerfile b/images/8.3-apache/Dockerfile
index 45b5e5bf..e008dafc 100644
--- a/images/8.3-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.3-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.3-apache-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/8.3-fpm/Dockerfile b/images/8.3-fpm/Dockerfile
index 6fb8f129..d70fafe9 100644
--- a/images/8.3-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.3-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.3-fpm-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/8.4-apache/Dockerfile b/images/8.4-apache/Dockerfile
index 507210b5..d9103989 100644
--- a/images/8.4-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.4-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.4-apache-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/8.4-fpm/Dockerfile b/images/8.4-fpm/Dockerfile
index 153811ce..afe46e14 100644
--- a/images/8.4-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.4-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.4-fpm-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/8.5-apache/Dockerfile b/images/8.5-apache/Dockerfile
index 6b560662..082ae48e 100644
--- a/images/8.5-apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.5-apache/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.5-apache-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile b/images/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
index 38d497a4..81cc4dce 100644
--- a/images/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/8.5-fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM mysql:8.0 AS mysql-client-80
 FROM mysql:8.4 AS mysql-client-84
 
 FROM php:8.5-fpm-trixie
+ARG MIN_PHP=
+RUN [ -z "$MIN_PHP" ] || dpkg --compare-versions "$PHP_VERSION" ge "$MIN_PHP" || { echo "PHP $PHP_VERSION < $MIN_PHP"; exit 1; }
 
 ARG TARGETARCH