diff --git a/phpfpm/phpfpm.go b/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
index 5bc3454..8e80e14 100644
--- a/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
+++ b/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
@@ -84,21 +84,23 @@ type Pool struct {
 	Processes           []PoolProcess `json:"processes"`
 }
 
+type requestDuration int64
+
 // PoolProcess describes a single PHP-FPM process. A pool can have multiple processes.
 type PoolProcess struct {
-	PID               int64   `json:"pid"`
-	State             string  `json:"state"`
-	StartTime         int64   `json:"start time"`
-	StartSince        int64   `json:"start since"`
-	Requests          int64   `json:"requests"`
-	RequestDuration   int64   `json:"request duration"`
-	RequestMethod     string  `json:"request method"`
-	RequestURI        string  `json:"request uri"`
-	ContentLength     int64   `json:"content length"`
-	User              string  `json:"user"`
-	Script            string  `json:"script"`
-	LastRequestCPU    float64 `json:"last request cpu"`
-	LastRequestMemory int64   `json:"last request memory"`
+	PID               int64           `json:"pid"`
+	State             string          `json:"state"`
+	StartTime         int64           `json:"start time"`
+	StartSince        int64           `json:"start since"`
+	Requests          int64           `json:"requests"`
+	RequestDuration   requestDuration `json:"request duration"`
+	RequestMethod     string          `json:"request method"`
+	RequestURI        string          `json:"request uri"`
+	ContentLength     int64           `json:"content length"`
+	User              string          `json:"user"`
+	Script            string          `json:"script"`
+	LastRequestCPU    float64         `json:"last request cpu"`
+	LastRequestMemory int64           `json:"last request memory"`
 }
 
 // PoolProcessStateCounter holds the calculated metrics for pool processes.
@@ -257,6 +259,25 @@ func (t *timestamp) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// This is because of bug in php-fpm that can return 'request duration' which can't
+// fit to int64. For details check links:
+// https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62382
+// https://serverfault.com/questions/624977/huge-request-duration-value-for-a-particular-php-script
+func (rd *requestDuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	stamp := fmt.Sprint(rd)
+	return []byte(stamp), nil
+}
+
+func (rd *requestDuration) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	rdc, err := strconv.Atoi(string(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		*rd = 0
+	} else {
+		*rd = requestDuration(rdc)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetLogger configures the used logger
 func SetLogger(logger logger) {
 	log = logger
diff --git a/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go b/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
index b23044b..4f031d2 100644
--- a/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
+++ b/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ func TestCannotUnmarshalNumberIssue10(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err := json.Unmarshal(content, &pool)
 
-	assert.NotNil(t, err, err.Error())
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "successfully unmarshal on invalid 'request duration'")
+	assert.Equal(t, int(pool.Processes[0].RequestDuration), 295, "request duration set to 0 because it couldn't be deserialized")
+	assert.Equal(t, int(pool.Processes[1].RequestDuration), 0, "request duration set to 0 because it couldn't be deserialized")
 }
 
 func TestParseURL(t *testing.T) {