diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4af80c298d..16f897b9ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ jobs:
           FREQ=`grep 'cpu MHz' /proc/cpuinfo | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $2}' | awk '{printf("%d\n",$1 + 0.5)}'`
           echo "FREQ = $FREQ"
           qemu-system-x86_64 \
-            -M microvm,x-option-roms=off,pit=off,pic=off,rtc=on \
-            -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=on -nodefaults -no-user-config \
+          -M microvm,x-option-roms=off,pit=off,pic=off,rtc=on,pcie=on,ioapic2=off \
+            -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false \
+            -nodefaults -no-user-config \
             -display none -smp 1 -m 64M -serial stdio \
             -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
             -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/hello_world \
@@ -416,6 +417,40 @@ jobs:
           -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
           -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
           -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/rusty_demo
+    - name: Build minimal httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
+      run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --no-default-features --features ci,dhcpv4,tcp
+    - name: Test minimal httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
+      run: |
+        qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
+          -M microvm,x-option-roms=off,pit=off,pic=off,rtc=on,pcie=on \
+          -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false \
+          -nodefaults -no-user-config \
+          -display none -m 256M -serial stdio \
+          -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
+          -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/debug/httpd \
+          -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 \
+          -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
+          -device virtio-net-device,netdev=u1 &
+          sleep 5
+          curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
+          sleep 1
+    - name: Build minimal httpd with DHCP support (debug, virtio-net)
+      run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --package httpd --release --no-default-features --features ci,dhcpv4,tcp
+    - name: Test minimal httpd with DHCP support (release, virtio-net)
+      run: |
+        qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 1 -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
+          -M microvm,x-option-roms=off,pit=off,pic=off,rtc=on,pcie=on \
+          -global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false \
+          -nodefaults -no-user-config \
+          -display none -m 256M -serial stdio \
+          -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
+          -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/httpd \
+          -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x04 \
+          -netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp::9975-:9975,net=192.168.76.0/24,dhcpstart=192.168.76.9 \
+          -device virtio-net-device,netdev=u1 &
+          sleep 5
+          curl http://127.0.0.1:9975/help
+          sleep 1
     - name: Build minimal profile (debug)
       run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --no-default-features --package hello_world
     - name: Test debug profile (Firecracker)