diff --git a/defaults/initrd.defaults b/defaults/initrd.defaults
index 9ebeeccf..1c0e16eb 100644
--- a/defaults/initrd.defaults
+++ b/defaults/initrd.defaults
@@ -158,3 +158,8 @@ HWOPTS="keymap cache modules virtio hyperv ${HWOPTS_BLK} bcache lvm dmraid multi
 # This is the set of default HWOPTS, in the order that they are loaded.
 # This is whitespace aligned with HWOPTS above.
 MY_HWOPTS="          modules virtio hyperv ${HWOPTS_BLK}        lvm dmraid           mdadm     fs       crypto"
+
+# Defaults for HTTPBOOT option to allow mounting the iso locally
+ISO_PATH="/iso"
+ISO_NAME="/gentoo.iso"
+ISO_TEMP="${ISO_PATH}/temp"
diff --git a/defaults/linuxrc b/defaults/linuxrc
index 2f94eb46..9496c30e 100644
--- a/defaults/linuxrc
+++ b/defaults/linuxrc
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ do
 		cdroot_marker=*)
 			CDROOT_MARKER=${x#*=}
 		;;
+		httpboot=*)
+			HTTPBOOT=1
+			HTTPBOOT_URL=${x#*=}
+		;;
 		# Start livecd loop, looptype options
 		loop=*)
 			LOOP=${x#*=}
@@ -732,6 +736,15 @@ then
 	# Setup the root filesystem
 	bootstrapFS
 
+	if [ "${HTTPBOOT}" = '1' ]; then
+		[ ! -d "${ISO_TEMP}" ] && mkdir -p "${ISO_TEMP}"
+		good_msg "Fetching ISO from ${HTTPBOOT_URL}"
+		run wget "${HTTPBOOT_URL}" -O "${ISO_PATH}${ISO_NAME}" -q && good_msg "Written to ${ISO_PATH}${ISO_NAME}"
+		good_msg "Mounting ${ISO_PATH}${ISO_NAME} in ${CDROOT_PATH}"
+		run mount -o ro,loop "${ISO_PATH}${ISO_NAME}" "${CDROOT_PATH}" && good_msg "Mounted ${ISO_PATH}${ISO_NAME} in ${CDROOT_PATH}"
+		got_good_root=1
+	fi
+
 	if [ "${aufs}" = '1' ]
 	then
 		setup_aufs