diff --git a/scripts/04_install_qubes.sh b/scripts/04_install_qubes.sh
index 1e69f66..bbeffbe 100755
--- a/scripts/04_install_qubes.sh
+++ b/scripts/04_install_qubes.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ echo "hvc0::respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 115200 vt220" >> "$INSTALLDIR"/etc/initt
 # create /lib/modules for qubes-kernel module mount
 "${TEMPLATE_CONTENT_DIR}/alpine-chroot" "$INSTALLDIR" mkdir /lib/modules
 
+# lo device
+cat > "${INSTALLDIR}/etc/network/interfaces" <<EOF
+auto lo
+iface lo inet loopback
+EOF
+
+
 # enable services
 for i in udev udev-trigger xendriverdomain qubes-qrexec-agent qubes-db qubes-meminfo-writer qubes-sysinit qubes-core-early qubes-core qubes-gui-agent crond acpid; do
     "${TEMPLATE_CONTENT_DIR}/alpine-chroot" "$INSTALLDIR" rc-update add $i default