diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/README b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/README
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index 000000000..f08c64a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/README
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+Runtime for deploying the vfs component from the depot.
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/archives b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/archives
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index 000000000..d585a4076
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+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/archives
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+_/src/vfs
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/hash b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/hash
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index 000000000..14fc0e6f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/hash
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+2018-06-15
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/runtime b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/runtime
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index 000000000..6c926b69f
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+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/vfs/runtime
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+<runtime ram="32M" caps="200" binary="vfs">
+
+	<provides> <file_system/> </provides>
+
+	<config/>
+
+	<content>
+		<rom label="ld.lib.so"/>
+		<rom label="vfs.lib.so"/>
+		<rom label="vfs"/>
+	</content>
+
+</runtime>