diff --git a/packaging/Makefile b/packaging/Makefile
index d5140c8ad..e5bc51eca 100644
--- a/packaging/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/Makefile
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ debian-package-code:
 	pip3 install --target ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/ 'aleph-message==0.4.0' 'jwskate==0.8.0' 'eth-account==0.9.0'
 	python3 -m compileall ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/
 
-debian-package-resources: firecracker-bins vmlinux
+debian-package-resources: firecracker-bins vmlinux download-ipfs-kubo
 	rm -fr ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker
 	mkdir -p ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker
 	cp -pr ./target/vmlinux.bin ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
 	cp -pr ./target/firecracker ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
 	cp -pr ./target/jailer ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
+	cp -pr ./target/kubo/kubo ./aleph-vm/opt/kubo
 
 firecracker-bins: target-dir build-dir
 	mkdir -p ./build/firecracker-release
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ vmlinux:
 	curl -fsSL -o ./target/vmlinux.bin https://github.com/aleph-im/aleph-vm/releases/download/0.2.2/vmlinux.bin
 	#cp ../kernels/vmlinux.bin ./target/vmlinux.bin
 
+download-ipfs-kubo: target-dir build-dir
+	mkdir -p ./target/kubo
+	curl -fsSL https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.21.0/kubo_v0.21.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz --directory ./target/kubo
+
 version:
 	python3 ./version_from_git.py --inplace deb aleph-vm/DEBIAN/control
 	python3 ./version_from_git.py --inplace __version__ ../vm_supervisor/version.py
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
index f7d9f642a..99af91c2d 100755
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/aleph/vm/jailer
 # Systemd is absent from containers
 if ! [[ -v container ]]; then
   systemctl daemon-reload
+  systemctl enable ipfs.service
   systemctl enable aleph-vm-supervisor.service
   systemctl restart aleph-vm-supervisor.service
 fi
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
index 4d5c41929..e5a904d28 100644
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Aleph.im VM execution engine
-After=network.target
+After=network.target ipfs.service
+Requires=ipfs.service
 
 [Service]
 User=0
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3506a275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# This file will be overwritten on package upgrades, avoid customizations here.
+#
+# To make persistent changes, create file in
+# "/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service.d/overwrite.conf" with
+# `systemctl edit ipfs.service`. This file will be parsed after this
+# file has been parsed.
+#
+# To overwrite a variable, like ExecStart you have to specify it once
+# blank and a second time with a new value, like:
+# ExecStart=
+# ExecStart=/usr/bin/ipfs daemon --flag1 --flag2
+#
+# For more info about custom unit files see systemd.unit(5).
+
+[Unit]
+Description=InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) daemon
+Documentation=https://docs.ipfs.tech/
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+
+# enable for 1-1024 port listening
+#AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+# enable to specify a custom path see docs/environment-variables.md for further documentations
+#Environment=IPFS_PATH=/custom/ipfs/path
+# enable to specify a higher limit for open files/connections
+#LimitNOFILE=1000000
+
+#don't use swap
+MemorySwapMax=0
+
+# Don't timeout on startup. Opening the IPFS repo can take a long time in some cases (e.g., when
+# badger is recovering) and migrations can delay startup.
+#
+# Ideally, we'd be a bit smarter about this but there's no good way to do that without hooking
+# systemd dependencies deeper into go-ipfs.
+TimeoutStartSec=infinity
+
+Type=notify
+StateDirectory=ipfs
+Environment=IPFS_PATH="${HOME}"
+ExecStart=/opt/kubo/ipfs daemon --init --migrate
+Restart=on-failure
+KillSignal=SIGINT
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target