diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0ff30c885e..915120c999 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     (Nikita)
 
 - MySQLi:
-  . Fixed bug #66762i (Segfault in mysqli_stmt::bind_result() when link closed)
+  . Fixed bug #66762 (Segfault in mysqli_stmt::bind_result() when link closed)
     (Remi)
 
+- OCI8
+  . Fixed Bug #66875 (Improve performance of multi-row OCI_RETURN_LOB queries)
+   (Perrier, Chris Jones)
+
 - OpenSSL:
   . Fixed memory leak in windows cert verification on verify failure.
     (Chris Wright)
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index e662de57d7..40d30fd72b 100755
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ PHP 5.6 UPGRADE NOTES
   - Using 'oci_execute($s, OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT)' for a SELECT no longer
     unnecessarily initiates an internal ROLLBACK during connection
     close.
+  - Multi-row OCI_RETURN_LOB queries require fewer "round trips" to the database.
   - Added DTrace probes enabled with PHP's generic --enable-dtrace
   - The oci_internal_debug() function is now a no-op.
   - The phpinfo() output format for OCI8 has changed.
diff --git a/ext/oci8/oci8.c b/ext/oci8/oci8.c
index fada690355..46cbdb1ef3 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/oci8.c
+++ b/ext/oci8/oci8.c
@@ -2578,7 +2578,11 @@ int php_oci_column_to_zval(php_oci_out_column *column, zval *value, php_int_t mo
 		if (column->data_type != SQLT_RDD && (mode & PHP_OCI_RETURN_LOBS)) {
 			/* PHP_OCI_RETURN_LOBS means that we want the content of the LOB back instead of the locator */
 
+			if (column->chunk_size)
+				descriptor->chunk_size = column->chunk_size;			
 			lob_fetch_status = php_oci_lob_read(descriptor, -1, 0, &lob_buffer, &lob_length TSRMLS_CC);
+			if (descriptor->chunk_size)  /* Cache the chunk_size to avoid recalling OCILobGetChunkSize */
+				column->chunk_size = descriptor->chunk_size;
 			php_oci_temp_lob_close(descriptor TSRMLS_CC);
 			if (lob_fetch_status) {
 				ZVAL_FALSE(value);
diff --git a/ext/oci8/oci8_lob.c b/ext/oci8/oci8_lob.c
index 9f2547d839..cfa40b1486 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/oci8_lob.c
+++ b/ext/oci8/oci8_lob.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ php_oci_descriptor *php_oci_lob_create (php_oci_connection *connection, php_int_
 	descriptor->charset_form = SQLCS_IMPLICIT;	/* default value */
 	descriptor->charset_id = connection->charset;
 	descriptor->is_open = 0;
+	descriptor->chunk_size = 0;
 
 	if (descriptor->type == OCI_DTYPE_LOB || descriptor->type == OCI_DTYPE_FILE) {
 		/* add Lobs & Files to hash. we'll flush them at the end */
diff --git a/ext/oci8/oci8_statement.c b/ext/oci8/oci8_statement.c
index ddbf246e42..8c1b2f42b8 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/oci8_statement.c
+++ b/ext/oci8/oci8_statement.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ int php_oci_statement_execute(php_oci_statement *statement, ub4 mode TSRMLS_DC)
 					outcol->is_descr = 1;
 					outcol->statement->has_descr = 1;
 					outcol->storage_size4 = -1;
+					outcol->chunk_size = 0;
 					dynamic = OCI_DYNAMIC_FETCH;
 					break;
 
diff --git a/ext/oci8/package.xml b/ext/oci8/package.xml
index 553b273fed..c4530bdef0 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/package.xml
+++ b/ext/oci8/package.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ libraries are available.
   <active>no</active>
  </lead>
 
- <date>2014-02-10</date>
+ <date>2014-03-11</date>
  <time>12:00:00</time>
 
   <version>
-   <release>2.0.7</release>
-   <api>2.0.7</api>
+   <release>2.0.8</release>
+   <api>2.0.8</api>
   </version>
   <stability>
    <release>stable</release>
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ libraries are available.
   </stability>
   <license uri="http://www.php.net/license">PHP</license>
   <notes>
-Added oci_bind_by_name() support for PL/SQL BOOLEAN type    
-Build change: Fix source variable definition for C89 compatibility
+Enhancement - Improve performance of multi-row OCI_RETURN_LOB queries (Bug #66875)
   </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">
@@ -462,6 +461,22 @@ Build change: Fix source variable definition for C89 compatibility
  </extsrcrelease>
  <changelog>
 
+<release>
+  <version>
+   <release>2.0.7</release>
+   <api>2.0.7</api>
+  </version>
+  <stability>
+   <release>stable</release>
+   <api>stable</api>
+  </stability>
+  <license uri="http://www.php.net/license">PHP</license>
+  <notes>
+Added oci_bind_by_name() support for PL/SQL BOOLEAN type    
+Build change: Fix source variable definition for C89 compatibility
+  </notes>
+</release>
+
 <release>
  <version>
   <release>2.0.6</release>
diff --git a/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h b/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
index 17061066d2..5c78faaa64 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
+++ b/ext/oci8/php_oci8.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  */
 #undef PHP_OCI8_VERSION
 #endif
-#define PHP_OCI8_VERSION "2.0.7"
+#define PHP_OCI8_VERSION "2.0.8"
 
 extern zend_module_entry oci8_module_entry;
 #define phpext_oci8_ptr &oci8_module_entry
diff --git a/ext/oci8/php_oci8_int.h b/ext/oci8/php_oci8_int.h
index c932fcc78a..0d80270c15 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/php_oci8_int.h
+++ b/ext/oci8/php_oci8_int.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	sb2					 precision;				/* column precision */
 	ub1					 charset_form;			/* charset form, required for NCLOBs */
 	ub2					 charset_id;			/* charset ID */
+	ub4					 chunk_size;			/* LOB chunk size */
 } php_oci_out_column;
 /* }}} */