In the current social and economic context, upgrading or retrofitting of existing buildings, instead of replacingwith new constructions, is becoming more and more popular due to shorter service interruptions,accessibility, and economic reasons. Upgrading building to current living standards and new functionalityneed often require new openings to be created in structural elements such as reinforced concrete walls andslabs. With the aim of improving existing strengthening solutions for such cases, this study presents someaspects of an experimental investigation of the effectiveness of fibre reinforced cementitious matrixcomposites (FRCM) strengthening for restoring the axial capacity of a solid reinforced concrete wall aftercreating new door openings. Five half-scale specimens, designed to represent typical wall panels inresidential buildings with and without door-type openings, were tested to failure. It was found that FRCMsystems were able to fully restore the axial capacity of the walls with small openings to that of the solid wall,and to restore the axial capacity of walls with large openings to approximately 75% of that of the solid wall.