diff --git a/cmds/core/init/fns_unix.go b/cmds/core/init/fns_unix.go
index 4bcac71548..bb0e8ebc8d 100644
--- a/cmds/core/init/fns_unix.go
+++ b/cmds/core/init/fns_unix.go
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-//go:build !tinygo && (darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris)
-// +build !tinygo
+//go:build darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
 // +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 package main
diff --git a/pkg/libinit/net_linux.go b/pkg/libinit/net_linux.go
index c10c65112b..a2b855d546 100644
--- a/pkg/libinit/net_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/libinit/net_linux.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
+//go:build linux && !tinygo
+// +build linux,!tinygo
+
 package libinit
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/libinit/net_linux_tinygo.go b/pkg/libinit/net_linux_tinygo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..606d86ed6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/libinit/net_linux_tinygo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2014-2019 the u-root Authors. All rights reserved
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build linux && tinygo
+// +build linux,tinygo
+
+package libinit
+
+import (
+	"github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/ulog"
+)
+
+// Stub for notifying the user that network functionality is not supported on linux platforms
+func linuxNetInit() {
+	ulog.KernelLog.Printf("tinygo builds currently do not support network functionality on linux platforms\n")
+}
+
+func init() {
+	osNetInit = linuxNetInit
+}