diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/netcfgx.c b/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/netcfgx.c
index ba89dff123a..175e208ddaf 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/netcfgx.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/netcfgx.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ InstallAdditionalServices(
 	IN HWND hWnd)
 {
 	BOOL ret;
+	UNICODE_STRING TcpipServicePath = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip");
 
 	/* Install TCP/IP protocol */
 	ret = InstallInfSection(
@@ -302,6 +303,17 @@ InstallAdditionalServices(
 		DPRINT("InstallInfSection() failed with error 0x%lx\n", GetLastError());
 		return GetLastError();
 	}
+	else if (ret)
+	{
+		/* Start the TCP/IP driver */
+		ret = NtLoadDriver(&TcpipServicePath);
+		if (ret)
+		{
+			/* This isn't really fatal but we want to warn anyway */
+			DPRINT1("NtLoadDriver(TCPIP) failed with NTSTATUS 0x%lx\n", (NTSTATUS)ret);
+		}
+	}
+        
 
 	/* You can add here more clients (SMB...) and services (DHCP server...) */
 
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/precomp.h b/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/precomp.h
index 3d38dd2b698..6215e39f4a8 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/precomp.h
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/netcfgx/precomp.h
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 #define NONAMELESSUNION
 #define NONAMELESSSTRUCT
 
+#define WIN32_NO_STATUS
 #include <windows.h>
+#define NTOS_MODE_USER
+#include <ndk/ntndk.h>
 #include <netcfgx.h>
 #include <setupapi.h>
 #include <stdio.h>