diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ec3ec28..06d46190 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHP Mode 1.19.1 release series are documented in this
  * Remove `$` from face names for interoperability with treesit ([#780], [emacs-php/php-ts-mode#68])
    * `php-$this` → `php-this`
    * `php-$this-sigil` → `php-this-sigil`
+ * Make `php-function-call` inherit `font-lock-function-call-face` on Emacs 29.1 and above ([#782], thanks [@bricka]!)
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ All notable changes of the PHP Mode 1.19.1 release series are documented in this
 [#776]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/discussions/776
 [#777]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/777
 [#780]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/issues/780
+[#782]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/issues/782
+[@bricka]: https://github.com/bricka
 [emacs-php/php-ts-mode#68]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-ts-mode/pull/68
 [PEAR Coding Standards]: https://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.php
 
diff --git a/lisp/php-face.el b/lisp/php-face.el
index d5ac817b..34c51b5c 100644
--- a/lisp/php-face.el
+++ b/lisp/php-face.el
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
   :group 'php-faces
   :tag "PHP Function Name")
 
-(defface php-function-call '((t ()))
+(defface php-function-call `((t ,(when (eval-when-compile (get 'font-lock-function-call-face 'face-defface-spec))
+                                   '(:inherit font-lock-function-call-face))))
   "PHP Mode face used to highlight function names in calles."
   :group 'php-faces
   :tag "PHP Function Call")