diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/construct.h b/repos/ports/src/noux/construct.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3021e37ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/construct.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * \brief  Noux initialization
+ * \author Sebastian Sumpf
+ * \date   2017-02-24
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NOUX_CONSTRUCT_H_
+#define __NOUX_CONSTRUCT_H_
+
+namespace Genode { class Env; }
+
+void noux_construct(Genode::Env &env);
+
+#endif /* __NOUX_CONSTRUCT_H_ */
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/main.cc b/repos/ports/src/noux/main.cc
index b8af927d64..db9042cb5e 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux/main.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/main.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 /* Noux includes */
 #include <child.h>
+#include <construct.h>
 #include <noux_session/sysio.h>
 #include <vfs_io_channel.h>
 #include <terminal_io_channel.h>
@@ -307,10 +308,7 @@ struct Noux::Main
 };
 
 
-void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env) { static Noux::Main main(env); }
-
-
-/**
- * Support for the noux/net version
- */
-void Libc::Component::construct(Libc::Env &env) { Component::construct(env); }
+void noux_construct(Genode::Env &env)
+{
+	static Noux::Main main(env);
+}
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/construct.cc b/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/construct.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0eae330a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/construct.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * \brief  Noux initialization
+ * \author Sebastian Sumpf
+ * \date   2017-02-24
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#include <base/component.h>
+#include <construct.h>
+
+void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env)
+{
+	noux_construct(env);
+}
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/target.mk
index 7b82b0f327..845154b4a9 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/minimal/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TARGET   = noux
 LIBS     = alarm vfs
-SRC_CC   = main.cc syscall.cc dummy_net.cc
+SRC_CC   = main.cc syscall.cc dummy_net.cc construct.cc
 INC_DIR += $(PRG_DIR)
 INC_DIR += $(PRG_DIR)/../
 
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/net/construct.cc b/repos/ports/src/noux/net/construct.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c4f5c115f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/net/construct.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * \brief  Noux initialization
+ * \author Sebastian Sumpf
+ * \date   2017-02-24
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#include <libc/component.h>
+#include <construct.h>
+
+void Libc::Component::construct(Libc::Env &env)
+{
+	noux_construct(env);
+}
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
index dd40c7fb3d..aea8a240d6 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 TARGET   = noux_net
 LIBS    += alarm libc libc_lwip_nic_dhcp vfs
-SRC_CC   = main.cc syscall.cc net.cc
+SRC_CC   = main.cc syscall.cc net.cc construct.cc
 
 INC_DIR += $(PRG_DIR)
 INC_DIR += $(PRG_DIR)/../