diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/depot_download/archives b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/depot_download/archives
index c1e4c5037..0371c8381 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/depot_download/archives
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/depot_download/archives
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ _/src/init
 _/src/chroot
 _/src/libarchive
 _/src/liblzma
+_/src/vfs
 _/raw/depot_download
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sculpt/archives b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sculpt/archives
index 6f03cc668..eb6ec67fd 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sculpt/archives
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sculpt/archives
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ _/src/bash-minimal
 _/src/vim-minimal
 _/src/coreutils-minimal
 _/src/vfs
+_/src/vfs_lxip
 _/src/rump
 _/src/ipxe_nic_drv
 _/src/chroot
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/depot_download/depot_download.config b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/depot_download/depot_download.config
index 80e3fd285..92a9c9636 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/raw/depot_download/depot_download.config
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/raw/depot_download/depot_download.config
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	<parent-provides>
 		<service name="ROM"/>
 		<service name="PD"/>
+		<service name="RM"/>
 		<service name="CPU"/>
 		<service name="LOG"/>
 		<service name="Timer"/>
@@ -34,6 +35,25 @@
 		</config>
 	</start>
 
+	<start name="tcpip" caps="400">
+		<binary name="vfs"/>
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M" />
+		<provides> <service name="File_system"/> </provides>
+		<config>
+			<vfs>
+				<dir name="etc">
+					<inline name="resolv.conf">nameserver 213.73.91.35</inline>
+					<inline name="hosts"/>
+				</dir>
+				<dir name="socket">
+					<lxip dhcp="yes"/>
+				</dir>
+			</vfs>
+			<default-policy root="/" writeable="yes"/>
+		</config>
+		<route> <any-service> <parent/> </any-service> </route>
+	</start>
+
 	<start name="depot_ro">
 		<binary name="chroot"/>
 		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M" />
@@ -80,6 +100,7 @@
 			<service name="File_system" label="depot_rw">  <parent label="depot"/>   </service>
 			<service name="File_system" label="public">    <child name="public_ro"/> </service>
 			<service name="File_system" label="public_rw"> <parent label="public"/>  </service>
+			<service name="File_system" label="tcpip">     <child name="tcpip"/>     </service>
 			<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
 		</route>
 	</start>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/depot_download.run b/repos/gems/run/depot_download.run
index 25786f1fe..0947a121b 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/depot_download.run
+++ b/repos/gems/run/depot_download.run
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import_from_depot genodelabs/src/[base_src] \
                   genodelabs/src/report_rom \
                   genodelabs/src/fs_rom \
                   genodelabs/src/vfs \
+                  genodelabs/src/vfs_lxip \
                   genodelabs/src/fetchurl \
                   genodelabs/src/libc \
                   genodelabs/src/libssh \
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ append config {
 
 	<start name="depot_download" caps="2000">
 		<binary name="init"/>
-		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="64M"/>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="config">
 				<parent label="depot_download.config"/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
index af22f27dc..e1fb06086 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
+++ b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
@@ -108,10 +108,17 @@
 	</start>
 
 	<start name="fetchurl" caps="500">
-		<resource name="RAM" quantum="8M"/>
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
 		<config>
-			<libc stdout="/dev/log" stderr="/dev/log" rtc="/dev/rtc"/>
+			<libc stdout="/dev/log" stderr="/dev/log" rtc="/dev/rtc" socket="/socket"/>
 			<vfs>
+				<dir name="etc">
+					<inline name="resolv.conf">nameserver 213.73.91.35</inline>
+					<inline name="hosts"/>
+				</dir>
+				<dir name="socket">
+					<lxip dhcp="yes"/>
+				</dir>
 				<dir name="download"> <fs label="download"/> </dir>
 				<dir name="dev">
 					<log/> <null/> <inline name="rtc">2000-01-01 00:00</inline>
diff --git a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/update_runtime.config b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/update_runtime.config
index 94a43cb6d..f0471cbae 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/update_runtime.config
+++ b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/update_runtime.config
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 	<start name="depot_download" caps="2000">
 		<binary name="init"/>
-		<resource name="RAM" quantum="32M"/>
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="64M"/>
 		<route>
 			<service name="ROM" label="config">
 				<parent label="config -> subinit/depot_download.config"/> </service>
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
index 4fb9a84f4..221ffef4a 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ void Depot_download_manager::gen_fetchurl_start_content(Xml_generator &xml,
 			xml.attribute("stdout", "/dev/log");
 			xml.attribute("stderr", "/dev/log");
 			xml.attribute("rtc",    "/dev/rtc");
+			xml.attribute("socket", "/socket");
 		});
 		xml.node("vfs", [&] () {
 			xml.node("dir", [&] () {
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ void Depot_download_manager::gen_fetchurl_start_content(Xml_generator &xml,
 					xml.append(date.string());
 				});
 			});
+			xml.node("fs", [&] () {
+				xml.attribute("label", "tcpip"); });
 		});
 
 		import.for_each_download([&] (Archive::Path const &path) {
@@ -74,11 +77,16 @@ void Depot_download_manager::gen_fetchurl_start_content(Xml_generator &xml,
 			xml.node("parent", [&] () {
 				xml.attribute("label", "public_rw"); });
 		});
+		xml.node("service", [&] () {
+			xml.attribute("name", File_system::Session::service_name());
+			xml.attribute("label", "tcpip");
+			xml.node("parent", [&] () {
+				xml.attribute("label", "tcpip"); });
+		});
 		gen_parent_unscoped_rom_route(xml, "fetchurl");
 		gen_parent_unscoped_rom_route(xml, "ld.lib.so");
 		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "libc.lib.so");
 		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "libm.lib.so");
-		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "lwip.lib.so");
 		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "curl.lib.so");
 		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "libssh.lib.so");
 		gen_parent_rom_route(xml, "libssl.lib.so");