diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/networking/wget.c
++++ busybox-1.18.3-wget/networking/wget.c
+@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static FILE* prepare_ftp_session(FILE **
+ 
+ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(FILE *dfp, int output_fd)
+ {
+-	char buf[512];
++	char buf[4*1024]; /* made bigger to speed up local xfers */
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
+ # if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
+ 	unsigned second_cnt;
+@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 
+ 	polldata.fd = fileno(dfp);
+ 	polldata.events = POLLIN | POLLPRI;
+-	ndelay_on(polldata.fd);
+ #endif
+ 	progress_meter(PROGRESS_START);
+ 
+@@ -464,6 +463,10 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 
+ 	/* Loops only if chunked */
+ 	while (1) {
++
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++		ndelay_on(polldata.fd);
++#endif
+ 		while (1) {
+ 			int n;
+ 			unsigned rdsz;
+@@ -493,22 +496,46 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 				progress_meter(PROGRESS_BUMP);
+ 			}
+ #endif
++			/* fread internally uses read loop, which in our case
++			 * is usually exited when we get EAGAIN.
++			 * In this case, libc sets error marker on the stream.
++			 * Need to clear it before next fread to avoid possible
++			 * rare false positive ferror below. Rare because usually
++			 * fread gets more than zero bytes, and we don't fall
++			 * into if (n <= 0) ...
++			 */
++			clearerr(dfp);
++			errno = 0;
+ 			n = safe_fread(buf, rdsz, dfp);
++			/* man fread:
++			 * If error occurs, or EOF is reached, the return value
++			 * is a short item count (or zero).
++			 * fread does not distinguish between EOF and error.
++			 */
+ 			if (n <= 0) {
+-				if (ferror(dfp)) {
+-					/* perror will not work: ferror doesn't set errno */
+-					bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_read_error);
+-				}
+-				break;
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++				if (errno == EAGAIN) /* poll lied, there is no data? */
++					continue; /* yes */
++#endif
++				if (ferror(dfp))
++					bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_read_error);
++				break; /* EOF, not error */
+ 			}
++
+ 			xwrite(output_fd, buf, n);
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
+ 			G.transferred += n;
+ 			progress_meter(PROGRESS_BUMP);
+ #endif
+-			if (G.got_clen)
++			if (G.got_clen) {
+ 				G.content_len -= n;
++				if (G.content_len == 0)
++					break;
++			}
+ 		}
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++		ndelay_off(polldata.fd);
++#endif
+ 
+ 		if (!G.chunked)
+ 			break;
+@@ -706,6 +733,11 @@ int wget_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, cha
+ 		fprintf(sfp, "Host: %s\r\nUser-Agent: %s\r\n",
+ 			target.host, user_agent);
+ 
++		/* Ask server to close the connection as soon as we are done
++		 * (IOW: we do not intend to send more requests)
++		 */
++		fprintf(sfp, "Connection: close\r\n");
++
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_AUTHENTICATION
+ 		if (target.user) {
+ 			fprintf(sfp, "Proxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n"+6,
+@@ -719,22 +751,25 @@ int wget_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, cha
+ 
+ 		if (G.beg_range)
+ 			fprintf(sfp, "Range: bytes=%"OFF_FMT"u-\r\n", G.beg_range);
++
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS
+ 		if (extra_headers)
+ 			fputs(extra_headers, sfp);
+ 
+ 		if (opt & WGET_OPT_POST_DATA) {
+ 			char *estr = URL_escape(post_data);
+-			fprintf(sfp, "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n");
+-			fprintf(sfp, "Content-Length: %u\r\n" "\r\n" "%s",
+-					(int) strlen(estr), estr);
+-			/*fprintf(sfp, "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n\r\n");*/
+-			/*fprintf(sfp, "%s\r\n", estr);*/
++			fprintf(sfp,
++				"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
++				"Content-Length: %u\r\n"
++				"\r\n"
++				"%s",
++				(int) strlen(estr), estr
++			);
+ 			free(estr);
+ 		} else
+ #endif
+-		{ /* If "Connection:" is needed, document why */
+-			fprintf(sfp, /* "Connection: close\r\n" */ "\r\n");
++		{
++			fprintf(sfp, "\r\n");
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		fflush(sfp);