diff --git a/include/net-common.h b/include/net-common.h
index 8985b81c2d2..1efb0db9ff5 100644
--- a/include/net-common.h
+++ b/include/net-common.h
@@ -554,4 +554,8 @@ struct wget_http_info {
 	char *headers;
 };
 
+extern struct wget_http_info default_wget_info;
+extern struct wget_http_info *wget_info;
+int wget_request(ulong dst_addr, char *uri, struct wget_http_info *info);
+
 #endif /* __NET_COMMON_H__ */
diff --git a/net/net-common.c b/net/net-common.c
index a7f767d5e9c..45288fe5f80 100644
--- a/net/net-common.c
+++ b/net/net-common.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <net-common.h>
 
 void copy_filename(char *dst, const char *src, int size)
 {
@@ -11,3 +12,16 @@ void copy_filename(char *dst, const char *src, int size)
 		*dst++ = *src++;
 	*dst = '\0';
 }
+
+struct wget_http_info default_wget_info = {
+	.method = WGET_HTTP_METHOD_GET,
+	.set_bootdev = true,
+};
+
+struct wget_http_info *wget_info;
+
+int wget_request(ulong dst_addr, char *uri, struct wget_http_info *info)
+{
+	wget_info = info ? info : &default_wget_info;
+	return wget_with_dns(dst_addr, uri);
+}