diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index bed3b36e14..ace1e3dcdf 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ func newWorkerDummyContext(w *worker) (*frankenPHPContext, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if fc.requestURI == "" {
+		fc.requestURI = r.URL.RequestURI()
+	}
+
 	splitCgiPath(fc)
 
 	return fc, nil
diff --git a/testdata/worker-boot-request-uri.php b/testdata/worker-boot-request-uri.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72615c2d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/worker-boot-request-uri.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+// mimics apps (e.g. Nextcloud) that exit during boot when REQUEST_URI is empty
+if (($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? null) === '') {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$bootRequestUri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/_executor.php';
+
+return function () use ($bootRequestUri) {
+    echo $bootRequestUri;
+};
diff --git a/worker_test.go b/worker_test.go
index 8ef48bc569..c5113c9da2 100644
--- a/worker_test.go
+++ b/worker_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ func TestWorkerEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	}, &testOptions{workerScript: "worker-env.php", nbWorkers: 1, env: map[string]string{"FOO": "bar"}, nbParallelRequests: 10})
 }
 
+// https://github.com/php/frankenphp/issues/2697
+func TestWorkerBootHasRequestURI(t *testing.T) {
+	runTest(t, func(handler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request), _ *httptest.Server, i int) {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/worker-boot-request-uri.php", nil)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handler(w, req)
+
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(w.Result().Body)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "worker-boot-request-uri.php", string(body))
+	}, &testOptions{workerScript: "worker-boot-request-uri.php", nbWorkers: 1, nbParallelRequests: 1})
+}
+
 func TestWorkerGetOpt(t *testing.T) {
 	logger, buf := newTestLogger(t)