diff --git a/config/backup/backup.pl b/config/backup/backup.pl
index e08d8de84..5b5734044 100644
--- a/config/backup/backup.pl
+++ b/config/backup/backup.pl
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ restore_backup() {
 	# remove wrong vnstat tag file
 	rm -f /var/log/vnstat/tag
 
+	# create dhcpcd user
+	groupadd -g 52 dhcpcd
+	useradd -c 'dhcpcd privsep user'	\
+		-d /run/dhcpcd/chroot		\
+		-g dhcpcd			\
+		-s /bin/false			\
+		-u 52 dhcpcd
+
 	# Run converters
 
 	# Outgoing Firewall
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/144/filelists/files b/config/rootfiles/core/144/filelists/files
index ce4e51768..ead2c54b7 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/144/filelists/files
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/144/filelists/files
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ etc/system-release
 etc/issue
 srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/credits.cgi
 var/ipfire/langs
+etc/rc.d/init.d/mountkernfs
+etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/functions.network
+etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/red
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/144/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/144/update.sh
index 6a9c51931..103f8ebc7 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/144/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/144/update.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ ldconfig
 
 # Start services
 
+# create dhcpcd user
+groupadd -g 52 dhcpcd
+useradd -c 'dhcpcd privsep user' \
+	-d /run/dhcpcd/chroot    \
+	-g dhcpcd                \
+	-s /bin/false            \
+	-u 52 dhcpcd
+
 # Update Language cache
 /usr/local/bin/update-lang-cache