diff --git a/helpers/DATA/netcfg/ifupdown.patch b/helpers/DATA/netcfg/ifupdown.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f7113137a444758db9092b95d967b48a3a8460c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/DATA/netcfg/ifupdown.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- netcfg-1.176+11.0trisquel2/finish-install.d/55netcfg-copy-config	2022-11-21 19:21:58.138150737 -0600
++++ netcfg-1.176+11.0trisquel2/finish-install.d/55netcfg-copy-config__	2022-11-21 19:21:50.646130993 -0600
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ 	NM_IS_INSTALLED=true
+ else
+ 	NM_IS_INSTALLED=false
++	in-target sh -c "apt-get -y install ifupdown"
+ fi
+ 
+ # The type of the connection used during installation
diff --git a/helpers/make-netcfg b/helpers/make-netcfg
index bae4a29fc765340e1f73f7386eda08b1d4fcd37e..2804863c4cd0feb34ea4d34b4ef84f2d6480c568 100644
--- a/helpers/make-netcfg
+++ b/helpers/make-netcfg
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 #
 
-VERSION=2
+VERSION=2.1
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main'
 REPOKEY=648ACFD622F3D138
 NETINST=true
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ NETINST=true
 rpl "Default: debian" "Default: trisquel" . -R
 sed -i '/client, template,/s/debian/trisquel/g' netcfg-common.c
 patch -p1 < $DATA/restore_network-manager_management.patch
+patch -p1 < $DATA/ifupdown.patch
 
 changelog "Rebranded and adapted for Trisquel"
 compile