diff --git a/templates/initscripts/files/defaults/rc.conf b/templates/initscripts/files/defaults/rc.conf
index 0cbca7efcf..0477b6175f 100755
--- a/templates/initscripts/files/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/templates/initscripts/files/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ udevd=yes
 udev_events=yes
 klogd=yes
 syslogd=yes
-net_loopback=yes
 checkfs=yes
 mountfs=yes
 swap=yes
 sysclock=yes
 random_seed=yes
+auto_ifconfig=no
+dhcpcd_flags="-b -qL"
+network=yes
 cleartmp=yes
 locale=yes
 persistent_rules=yes
diff --git a/templates/initscripts/files/rc.conf b/templates/initscripts/files/rc.conf
index ff421c04be..e8458a9432 100755
--- a/templates/initscripts/files/rc.conf
+++ b/templates/initscripts/files/rc.conf
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ fi
 # LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
 # HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
 # TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
-# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
-# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
-# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
+# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /lib/kbd/keymaps
+# CONSOLEFONT: found in /lib/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
+# CONSOLEMAP: found in /lib/kbd/consoletrans
 #
 LOCALE="es_ES.utf-8"
 HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
@@ -31,3 +31,22 @@ HOSTNAME="xbps"
 #
 syslogd=yes
 klogd=yes
+
+#
+# Networking.
+#
+# To manually configure an interface:
+#
+# net_interfaces="eth0"
+# ifconfig_eth0="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
+# defaultroute="192.168.0.1"
+#
+# /etc/ifconfig.<iface> can also be used intead of ifconfig_<iface> var.
+# /etc/mygate can also be used instead of defaultroute var.
+#
+# To use dhcp (through dhcpcd):
+#
+# ifconfig_eth0="dhcp"
+# dhcpcd_flags="..." for additional arguments passed to dhcpcd.
+#
+# END
diff --git a/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/net_loopback b/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/net_loopback
deleted file mode 100755
index cc19bb19e0..0000000000
--- a/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/net_loopback
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# PROVIDE: net_loopback
-# REQUIRE: SERVERS
-# BEFORE: checkfs
-
-$_rc_subr_loaded . /etc/rc.subr
-
-name="net_loopback"
-start_cmd="loopback_start"
-stop_cmd=":"
-
-loopback_start()
-{
-	if [ -d /sys/class/net/lo ]; then
-        	echo -n "=> Bringing up loopback interface... "
-        	ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-        	show_rval
-	fi
-}
-
-load_rc_config $name
-run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/network b/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/network
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bccf9de7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/initscripts/files/rc.d/network
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# $NetBSD: network,v 1.57 2008/10/11 17:28:03 christos Exp $
+#
+
+# PROVIDE: network
+# REQUIRE: mountfs sysclock
+# BEFORE:  NETWORKING
+
+$_rc_subr_loaded . /etc/rc.subr
+
+name="network"
+start_cmd="network_start"
+stop_cmd="network_stop"
+required_dirs="/sys/class/net/lo"
+
+nl='
+' # a newline
+
+network_start()
+{
+	# set hostname, turn on network
+	#
+	echo "=> Starting network."
+
+	# If $hostname is set, use it for my Internet name,
+	# otherwise use /etc/myname
+	#
+	if [ -z "$hostname" ] && [ -f /etc/myname ]; then
+		hostname=$(cat /etc/myname)
+	fi
+	if [ -n "$hostname" ]; then
+		echo "=> Setting hostname: $hostname."
+		hostname $hostname
+	fi
+
+	# Set the address for the first loopback interface, so that the
+	# auto-route from a newly configured interface's address to lo0
+	# works correctly.
+	#
+	# NOTE: obscure networking problems will occur if lo0 isn't configured.
+	#
+	ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
+
+	# Configure all of the network interfaces listed in $net_interfaces;
+	# if $auto_ifconfig is YES, grab all interfaces from ifconfig.
+	# In the following, "xxN" stands in for interface names, like "le0".
+	#
+	# For any interfaces that has an $ifconfig_xxN variable
+	# associated, we break it into lines using ';' as a separator,
+	# then process it just like the contents of an /etc/ifconfig.xxN
+	# file.
+	#
+	# For each line from the $ifconfig_xxN variable or the
+	# /etc/ifconfig.xxN file, we ignore comments and blank lines,
+	# treat lines beginning with "!" as commands to execute, treat
+	# "dhcp" as a special case to invoke dhcpcd, and for any other
+	# line we run "ifconfig xxN", using each line of the file as the
+	# arguments for a separate "ifconfig" invocation.
+	#
+	# In order to configure an interface reasonably, you at the very least
+	# need to specify "[addr_family] [hostname]" (e.g "inet my.domain.org"),
+	# and probably a netmask (as in "netmask 0xffffffe0"). You will
+	# frequently need to specify a media type, as in "media UTP", for
+	# interface cards with multiple media connections that do not
+	# autoconfigure. See the ifconfig manual page for details.
+	#
+	# Note that /etc/ifconfig.xxN takes multiple lines.  The following
+	# configuration is possible:
+	#	inet 10.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00
+	#	inet 10.1.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 alias
+	#	inet6 2001:db8::1 prefixlen 64 alias
+	#
+	# You can put shell script fragment into /etc/ifconfig.xxN by
+	# starting a line with "!".  Refer to ifconfig.if(5) for details.
+	#
+	if [ "$net_interfaces" != NO ]; then
+		if checkyesno auto_ifconfig; then
+			tmp=$(/sbin/ifconfig -l)
+			for cloner in $(ls /sys/class/net/eth* 2>/dev/null); do
+				for int in /etc/ifconfig.${cloner}[0-9]*; do
+					[ ! -f $int ] && break
+					tmp="$tmp ${int##*.}"
+				done
+			done
+		else
+			tmp="$net_interfaces"
+		fi
+
+		echo -n '=> Configuring network interfaces:'
+		for int in ${tmp}; do
+			eval argslist=\$ifconfig_$int
+
+			# Skip interfaces that do not have explicit
+			# configuration information.  If auto_ifconfig is
+			# false then also warn about such interfaces.
+			#
+			if [ -z "$argslist" ] && ! [ -f /etc/ifconfig.$int ]
+			then
+				if ! checkyesno auto_ifconfig; then
+					echo
+					warn \
+			"/etc/ifconfig.$int missing and ifconfig_$int not set;"
+					warn "interface $int not configured."
+				fi
+				continue
+			fi
+
+			echo -n " $int"
+
+			# If $ifconfig_xxN is empty, then use
+			# /etc/ifconfig.xxN, which we know exists due to
+			# an earlier test.
+			#
+			# If $ifconfig_xxN is non-empty and contains a
+			# newline, then just use it as is.  (This allows
+			# semicolons through unmolested.)
+			#
+			# If $ifconfig_xxN is non-empty and does not
+			# contain a newline, then convert all semicolons
+			# to newlines.
+			#
+			case "$argslist" in
+			'')
+				cat /etc/ifconfig.$int
+				;;
+			*"${nl}"*)
+				echo "$argslist"
+				;;
+			*)
+				(
+					set -o noglob
+					IFS=';'; set -- $argslist
+					#echo >&2 "[$#] [$1] [$2] [$3] [$4]"
+					IFS="$nl"; echo "$*"
+				)
+				;;
+			esac |
+			while read -r args; do
+				case "$args" in
+				''|"#"*|create)
+					;;
+				"!"*)
+					# Run arbitrary command in a subshell.
+					( eval "${args#*!}" )
+					;;
+				dhcp)
+					dhcpcd -n ${dhcpcd_flags} $int
+					;;
+				*)
+					# Pass args to ifconfig.  Note
+					# that args may contain embedded
+					# shell metacharacters, such as
+					# "ssid 'foo;*>bar'". We eval
+					# one more time so that things
+					# like ssid "Columbia University" work.
+					(
+						set -o noglob
+						eval set -- $args
+						#echo >&2 "[$#] [$1] [$2] [$3]"
+						ifconfig $int "$@"
+					)
+					;;
+				esac
+			done
+			configured_interfaces="$configured_interfaces $int"
+		done
+		echo "."
+	fi
+
+	# Check $defaultroute, then /etc/mygate, for the name or address
+	# of my IPv4 gateway host. If using a name, that name must be in
+	# /etc/hosts.
+	#
+	if [ -z "$defaultroute" ] && [ -f /etc/mygate ]; then
+		defaultroute=$(cat /etc/mygate)
+	fi
+	if [ -n "$defaultroute" ]; then
+		route add default gw $defaultroute
+	fi
+
+	# Check $defaultroute6, then /etc/mygate6, for the name or address
+	# of my IPv6 gateway host. If using a name, that name must be in
+	# /etc/hosts.  Note that the gateway host address must be a link-local
+	# address if it is not using an stf* interface.
+	#
+	if [ -z "$defaultroute6" ] && [ -f /etc/mygate6 ]; then
+		defaultroute6=$(cat /etc/mygate6)
+	fi
+	if [ -n "$defaultroute6" ]; then
+		if [ "$ip6mode" = "autohost" ]; then
+			echo
+			warn \
+	    "ip6mode is set to 'autohost' and a v6 default route is also set."
+		fi
+		route -A inet6 add $defaultroute6
+	fi
+
+}
+
+network_stop()
+{
+	echo "=> Stopping network."
+
+	# down interfaces
+	#
+	echo -n '=> Downing network interfaces:'
+	if [ "$net_interfaces" != NO ]; then
+		if checkyesno auto_ifconfig; then
+			tmp=$(ls /sys/class/net/eth*)
+		else
+			tmp="$net_interfaces"
+		fi
+		for int in $tmp; do
+			eval args=\$ifconfig_$int
+			if [ -n "$args" ] || [ -f /etc/ifconfig.$int ]; then
+				echo -n " $int"
+				dhcpcd -k $int 2> /dev/null
+				ifconfig $int down
+			fi
+		done
+		echo "."
+	fi
+}
+
+load_rc_config $name
+run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/templates/initscripts/template b/templates/initscripts/template
index 550502e771..d3649c297c 100644
--- a/templates/initscripts/template
+++ b/templates/initscripts/template
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Add_dependency full findutils
 Add_dependency full net-tools
 Add_dependency full rcorder
 Add_dependency full minilogd
+Add_dependency full dhcpcd
 
 do_install()
 {