diff --git a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
index 0044430ee..f70fa6b1f 100644
--- a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,13 @@ for package in ipcd ptyd; do
         "target/${TARGET}/${build_type}/${package}" \
         "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${package}"
 done
+
+"${COOKBOOK_CARGO}" build \
+    --manifest-path "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/netstack/Cargo.toml" \
+    ${build_flags}
+for bin in smolnetd dnsd; do
+    cp -v \
+        "target/${TARGET}/${build_type}/${bin}" \
+        "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/${bin}"
+done
 """
diff --git a/recipes/core/netstack/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/netstack/recipe.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2a534a28..000000000
--- a/recipes/core/netstack/recipe.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[source]
-git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/netstack.git"
-
-[build]
-template = "cargo"