diff --git a/lib/src/webdb.cc b/lib/src/webdb.cc
index 345c9ac67..f1cdd8cde 100644
--- a/lib/src/webdb.cc
+++ b/lib/src/webdb.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "duckdb/common/types/data_chunk.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/common/types/vector.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/common/types/vector_buffer.hpp"
+#include "duckdb/common/virtual_file_system.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/main/query_result.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/parser/expression/constant_expression.hpp"
 #include "duckdb/parser/parser.hpp"
@@ -866,7 +867,7 @@ arrow::Status WebDB::Open(std::string_view args_json) {
         auto buffered_fs_ptr = buffered_fs.get();
 
         duckdb::DBConfig db_config;
-        db_config.file_system = std::move(buffered_fs);
+        db_config.file_system = std::move(make_uniq<VirtualFileSystem>(std::move(buffered_fs)));
         db_config.options.allow_unsigned_extensions = config_->allow_unsigned_extensions;
         db_config.options.maximum_threads = config_->maximum_threads;
         db_config.options.use_temporary_directory = false;
diff --git a/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/httpfs_test.ts b/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/httpfs_test.ts
index 4ffe2ac0b..6e2f719cd 100644
--- a/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/httpfs_test.ts
+++ b/packages/duckdb-wasm/test/httpfs_test.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ export function testHTTPFSAsync(
             expect(BigInt(results.getChildAt(2)?.get(2))).toEqual(BigInt(9n));
         });
 
+        it('can fetch over https csv.gz', async () => {
+            await conn!.query(
+                `select * from "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/duckdb/duckdb/v1.2.2/data/csv/test_apple_financial.csv.gz";`,
+            );
+        });
+
         it('can read and write csv file from S3 with correct auth credentials', async () => {
             let data = await resolveData('/uni/studenten.parquet');
             await setAwsConfig(conn!);
diff --git a/patches/duckdb/virtualized_file_system.patch b/patches/duckdb/virtualized_file_system.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..028fc3709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/duckdb/virtualized_file_system.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/src/common/virtual_file_system.cpp b/src/common/virtual_file_system.cpp
+index 74892a4e05..c3d1c4f333 100644
+--- a/src/common/virtual_file_system.cpp
++++ b/src/common/virtual_file_system.cpp
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ 
+ namespace duckdb {
+ 
+-VirtualFileSystem::VirtualFileSystem() : default_fs(FileSystem::CreateLocal()) {
++VirtualFileSystem::VirtualFileSystem(unique_ptr<FileSystem> inner) : default_fs(std::move(inner)) {
+ 	VirtualFileSystem::RegisterSubSystem(FileCompressionType::GZIP, make_uniq<GZipFileSystem>());
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/include/duckdb/common/virtual_file_system.hpp b/src/include/duckdb/common/virtual_file_system.hpp
+index 110ad04877..30a7eb29d3 100644
+--- a/src/include/duckdb/common/virtual_file_system.hpp
++++ b/src/include/duckdb/common/virtual_file_system.hpp
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace duckdb {
+ // bunch of wrappers to allow registering protocol handlers
+ class VirtualFileSystem : public FileSystem {
+ public:
+-	VirtualFileSystem();
++	VirtualFileSystem(unique_ptr<FileSystem> inner_file_system = nullptr);
+ 
+ 	unique_ptr<FileHandle> OpenFile(const string &path, FileOpenFlags flags,
+ 	                                optional_ptr<FileOpener> opener = nullptr) override;