diff --git a/.build/images/dietpi-installer b/.build/images/dietpi-installer
index 440f046afd..3ff37c4206 100755
--- a/.build/images/dietpi-installer
+++ b/.build/images/dietpi-installer
@@ -450,7 +450,8 @@ _EOF_
 		esac
 		G_WHIP_MENU_ARRAY+=(
 			'' '●─ Other '
-			'75' ': Container image'
+			'75.1' ': Container image without network'
+			'75.2' ': Container image with network'
 			'22' ': Generic device'
 		)
 
@@ -863,6 +864,22 @@ setenv rootuuid "true"' /boot/boot.cmd
 		G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 'Marking all packages as auto-installed first, to allow effective autoremove afterwards'
 		local apackages
 		mapfile -t apackages < <(apt-mark showmanual)
+
+		# Containers with network: keep necessary packages to avoid losing network connectivity
+		if [[ ${apackages[0]} && $G_HW_MODEL == 75 && $HW_VARIANT == 2 ]]
+		then
+			rpackages=(
+				'ifupdown'
+				'isc-dhcp-client'
+			)
+			apackages_string="${apackages[*]}"
+			for pkg in "${rpackages[@]}"
+			do
+				apackages_string=$(echo "$apackages_string" | sed "s/\b$pkg\b//g" | tr -s ' ')
+			done
+			IFS=' ' read -r -a apackages <<< "$apackages_string"
+		fi
+
 		[[ ${apackages[0]} ]] && G_EXEC apt-mark auto "${apackages[@]}"
 		unset -v apackages