diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index aba4e30..3ed4ffa 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ if env["BOOTDISK"] == "1":
     Depends(bootdisk, "#build/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig")
     Depends(bootdisk, "#build/sbin/init/init")
     Depends(bootdisk, "#build/sys/castor")
+    Depends(bootdisk, "#build/tests/lwiptest")
     Depends(bootdisk, "#build/tests/pthreadtest")
     Depends(bootdisk, "#build/tests/threadtest")
     env.Alias('bootdisk', '#build/bootdisk.img')
diff --git a/release/bootdisk.manifest b/release/bootdisk.manifest
index 04d2346..5a8c3c3 100644
--- a/release/bootdisk.manifest
+++ b/release/bootdisk.manifest
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DIR /
     FILE init build/sbin/init/init
   END
   DIR tests
+    FILE lwiptest build/tests/lwiptest
     FILE pthreadtest build/tests/pthreadtest
     FILE threadtest build/tests/threadtest
   END
diff --git a/tests/lwiptest.c b/tests/lwiptest.c
index cb41479..4c40dd0 100644
--- a/tests/lwiptest.c
+++ b/tests/lwiptest.c
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 
+#include <lwip/init.h>
 #include <lwip/ip.h>
 #include <lwip/sockets.h>
 
 int
 main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 {
+    struct netif netif;
+    static ip_addr_t addr, mask, gw;
+
+    IP4_ADDR(&addr, 192, 168, 0, 1);
+    IP4_ADDR(&mask, 255, 255, 255, 0);
+    IP4_ADDR(&gw, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+    lwip_init();
+
     lwip_socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IP_PROTO_TCP);
 
     return 0;