diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-network.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-network.bb
index 4eb53f084..4b64304f1 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-network.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/packagegroups/packagegroup-del-network.bb
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
 
 # Distro can override the following VIRTUAL-RUNTIME providers:
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ftp-server ?= ""
-#VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ftp-server ?= "vsftpd"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ftp-server ?= "vsftpd"
 
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_http-server ?= ""
 #VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_http-server ?= "cherokee"
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/init b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/init
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0b035dbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/init
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#  vsftpd
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2013 by Digi International Inc.
+#  All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+#
+#  !Description: vsftpd bootscript
+#
+#===============================================================================
+
+set -e
+
+daemon="/usr/sbin/vsftpd"
+pidfile="/var/run/vsftpd.pid"
+
+[ -x "${daemon}" ] || exit 0
+
+# Required directories
+[ -d /var/run ] || install -m 755 -o root -g root -d /var/run
+[ -d /var/lib/ftp ] || install -m 755 -o root -g ftp -d /var/lib/ftp
+[ -d /var/share/empty ] || install -m 755 -o root -g root -d /var/share/empty
+
+case "${1}" in
+start)
+	[ -z "${quietboot}" ] && echo -n "Starting vsftpd server: "
+	if [ -s "${pidfile}" ]; then
+		pid="$(cat ${pidfile})"
+		if kill -0 "${pid}" 2>/dev/null; then
+			[ -z "${quietboot}" ] && echo " already running."
+			exit 0
+		fi
+	fi
+	start-stop-daemon -S -b -m -p "${pidfile}" -x "${daemon}"
+	[ -z "${quietboot}" ] && echo "OK"
+	;;
+stop)
+	echo -n "Stopping vsftpd server: "
+	start-stop-daemon -K -q -p "${pidfile}"
+	rm "${pidfile}"
+	echo "OK"
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.conf b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac1ed380b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/files/vsftpd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#######################################
+## vsftpd.conf
+#######################################
+listen=YES
+write_enable=YES
+local_enable=YES
+
+anonymous_enable=YES
+anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
+anon_other_write_enable=YES
+anon_root=/
+anon_upload_enable=YES
+no_anon_password=YES
+
+dirmessage_enable=YES
+xferlog_enable=YES
+connect_from_port_20=YES
+file_open_mode=0777
+local_umask=022
+anon_umask=022
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bbappend b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bbappend
index defc4b134..58e77de28 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-connectivity/vsftpd/vsftpd_2.3.5.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-PR_del = "r0+${DISTRO}.0"
-DEPENDS_append_del += "openssl"
-LDFLAGS_del = "-lcap"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files"
 
+PR_append = "+${DISTRO}.r0"
+DEPENDS += "openssl"
+
+# Inhibit warning about files already stripped
+INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT = "1"