diff --git a/repos/libports/include/libc/component.h b/repos/libports/include/libc/component.h
index 82e537755..774e3efd1 100644
--- a/repos/libports/include/libc/component.h
+++ b/repos/libports/include/libc/component.h
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ class Libc::Env : public Genode::Env
 		 * Virtual File System configured for this component
 		 */
 		virtual Vfs::File_system &vfs() = 0;
+
+		/**
+		 * Libc configuration for this component
+		 */
+		virtual Genode::Xml_node libc_config() = 0;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/libc_init.h b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/libc_init.h
index 3265fbbe2..f514ccbba 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/libc_init.h
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/libc_init.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 /* Genode includes */
 #include <base/env.h>
+#include <util/xml_node.h>
 
 namespace Libc {
 
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ namespace Libc {
 	 * Support for querying available RAM quota in sysctl functions
 	 */
 	void sysctl_init(Genode::Env &env);
+
+	/**
+	 * Set libc config node
+	 */
+	void libc_config_init(Genode::Xml_node node);
 }
 
 #endif /* _LIBC_INIT_H_ */
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/task.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/task.cc
index 33be2a7ac..71e4e5715 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/task.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/task.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ class Libc::Env_implementation : public Libc::Env
 			return Genode::Xml_node("<vfs/>");
 		}
 
+		Genode::Xml_node _libc_config()
+		{
+			try { return _config.xml().sub_node("libc"); }
+			catch (Genode::Xml_node::Nonexistent_sub_node) { }
+
+			return Genode::Xml_node("<libc/>");
+		}
+
 		Vfs::Global_file_system_factory _file_system_factory;
 		Vfs::Dir_file_system            _vfs;
 
@@ -100,6 +108,9 @@ class Libc::Env_implementation : public Libc::Env
 		Vfs::File_system &vfs() override {
 			return _vfs; }
 
+		Genode::Xml_node libc_config() override {
+			return _libc_config(); }
+
 
 		/***************************
 		 ** Genode::Env interface **
@@ -846,6 +857,8 @@ void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env)
 
 	kernel = unmanaged_singleton<Libc::Kernel>(env);
 
+	Libc::libc_config_init(kernel->libc_env().libc_config());
+
 	/* construct libc component on kernel stack */
 	Libc::Component::construct(kernel->libc_env());
 }
diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index ca582a6d4..a6936bc76 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <base/env.h>
 #include <base/log.h>
 #include <vfs/dir_file_system.h>
-#include <os/config.h>
 
 /* libc includes */
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -78,12 +77,21 @@ static void vfs_stat_to_libc_stat_struct(Vfs::Directory_service::Stat const &src
 }
 
 
+static Genode::Xml_node *_config_node;
+
+
 namespace Libc {
 
+	void libc_config_init(Genode::Xml_node node)
+	{
+		static Genode::Xml_node config = node;
+		_config_node = &config;
+	}
+
 	Genode::Xml_node config() __attribute__((weak));
 	Genode::Xml_node config()
 	{
-		return Genode::config()->xml_node().sub_node("libc");
+		return _config_node->sub_node("libc");
 	}
 
 	class Config_attr