diff --git a/build/ignore-by-php-version.neon.php b/build/ignore-by-php-version.neon.php
index 8aeff82810..d9bb8452e3 100644
--- a/build/ignore-by-php-version.neon.php
+++ b/build/ignore-by-php-version.neon.php
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 } else {
 	$includes[] = __DIR__ . '/new-phpunit.neon';
 }
+
+if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80300) {
+	$includes[] = __DIR__ . '/str-increment.neon';
+}
+
 $config = [];
 $config['includes'] = $includes;
 
diff --git a/build/str-increment.neon b/build/str-increment.neon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..327eab4361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/str-increment.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+parameters:
+	ignoreErrors:
+		-
+			message: '#^Used function str_increment not found\.#'
diff --git a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
index 57d047fbf8..534722b2ad 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 use function array_values;
 use function count;
 use function explode;
+use function function_exists;
 use function get_class;
 use function implode;
 use function in_array;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@
 use function ltrim;
 use function md5;
 use function sprintf;
+use function str_increment;
 use function str_starts_with;
 use function strlen;
 use function strtolower;
@@ -1731,12 +1733,26 @@ static function (Node $node, Scope $scope) use ($arrowScope, &$arrowFunctionImpu
 				$newTypes = [];
 
 				foreach ($varScalars as $varValue) {
+					// until PHP 8.5 it was valid to increment/decrement an empty string.
+					// see https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/19597
 					if ($node instanceof Expr\PreInc) {
-						if (!is_bool($varValue)) {
+						if ($varValue === '') {
+							$varValue = '1';
+						} elseif (
+							is_string($varValue)
+							&& !is_numeric($varValue)
+							&& function_exists('str_increment')
+						) {
+							$varValue = str_increment($varValue);
+						} elseif (!is_bool($varValue)) {
 							++$varValue;
 						}
-					} elseif (is_numeric($varValue)) {
-						--$varValue;
+					} else {
+						if ($varValue === '') {
+							$varValue = -1;
+						} elseif (is_numeric($varValue)) {
+							--$varValue;
+						}
 					}
 
 					$newTypes[] = $this->getTypeFromValue($varValue);
diff --git a/src/Type/Php/StrIncrementDecrementFunctionReturnTypeExtension.php b/src/Type/Php/StrIncrementDecrementFunctionReturnTypeExtension.php
index 5c936e5f72..208d5b0b9e 100644
--- a/src/Type/Php/StrIncrementDecrementFunctionReturnTypeExtension.php
+++ b/src/Type/Php/StrIncrementDecrementFunctionReturnTypeExtension.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
 use PHPStan\DependencyInjection\AutowiredService;
 use PHPStan\Reflection\FunctionReflection;
+use PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException;
 use PHPStan\Type\Constant\ConstantStringType;
 use PHPStan\Type\DynamicFunctionReturnTypeExtension;
 use PHPStan\Type\ErrorType;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\TypeCombinator;
 use function chr;
 use function count;
+use function function_exists;
 use function implode;
 use function in_array;
 use function is_float;
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
 use function is_string;
 use function ord;
 use function preg_match;
+use function str_increment;
 use function str_split;
 use function stripos;
 
@@ -103,6 +106,14 @@ private function increment(string $s): string
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ($s === '') {
+			throw new ShouldNotHappenException();
+		}
+
+		if (function_exists('str_increment')) {
+			return str_increment($s);
+		}
+
 		return (string) ++$s;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-dec.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-dec.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e4bed4d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-dec.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PreDec;
+
+use function PHPStan\Testing\assertType;
+
+function doFoo() {
+	$s = '';
+	--$s;
+	assertType("-1", $s);
+}
+
+function doFoo2() {
+	$s = '123';
+	--$s;
+	assertType("122", $s);
+}
+
+function doFooBar() {
+	$s = 'abc';
+	--$s;
+	assertType("'abc'", $s);
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-inc.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45b6f25c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/nsrt/pre-inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PreInc;
+
+use function PHPStan\Testing\assertType;
+
+function doFoo() {
+	$s = '';
+	++$s;
+	assertType("'1'", $s);
+}
+
+function doFoo2() {
+	$s = '123';
+	++$s;
+	assertType("124", $s);
+}
+
+function doFooBar() {
+	$s = 'abc';
+	++$s;
+	assertType("'abd'", $s);
+}