diff --git a/docs/reference/README.md b/docs/reference/README.md
index e8c56b53..b4b2aed8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/README.md
+++ b/docs/reference/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 - [europa/dagger](./europa/dagger/README.md) - The Dagger API.
 - [europa/dagger/engine](./europa/dagger/engine/README.md) - -
 - [europa/dagger/engine/spec](./europa/dagger/engine/spec/README.md) - Placeholder package, to keep docs generating tool happy.
-- [europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine](./europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md) - -
+- [europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine](./europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md) - HTTP operations
 - [gcp](./gcp/README.md) - Google Cloud Platform
 - [gcp/cloudrun](./gcp/cloudrun.md) - -
 - [gcp/gcr](./gcp/gcr.md) - Google Container Registry
diff --git a/docs/reference/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md b/docs/reference/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md
index ec7fa55b..a29168e8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md
+++ b/docs/reference/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ sidebar_label: engine
 
 # alpha.dagger.io/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine
 
+HTTP operations
+
 ```cue
 import "alpha.dagger.io/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine"
 ```
@@ -110,6 +112,18 @@ _No input._
 
 _No output._
 
+## engine.#HTTPFetch
+
+Fetch a file over HTTP
+
+### engine.#HTTPFetch Inputs
+
+_No input._
+
+### engine.#HTTPFetch Outputs
+
+_No output._
+
 ## engine.#ImageConfig
 
 Container image config. See [OCI](https://www.opencontainers.org/). Spec left open on purpose to account for additional fields. [Image Spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/specs-go/v1/config.go) [Docker Superset](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/master/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile2llb/image.go) Container image config See [OCI](https://www.opencontainers.org)
diff --git a/stdlib/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine/http.cue b/stdlib/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine/http.cue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ff794bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/europa/dagger/engine/spec/engine/http.cue
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// HTTP operations
+package engine
+
+// Raw buildkit API
+//
+// package llb // import "github.com/moby/buildkit/client/llb"
+//
+// func HTTP(url string, opts ...HTTPOption) State
+//
+// type HTTPOption interface {
+//         SetHTTPOption(*HTTPInfo)
+// }
+// func Checksum(dgst digest.Digest) HTTPOption
+// func Chmod(perm os.FileMode) HTTPOption
+// func Chown(uid, gid int) HTTPOption
+// func Filename(name string) HTTPOption
+
+// Fetch a file over HTTP
+#HTTPFetch: {
+	_httpFetch: {}
+
+	// Source url
+	// Example: https://www.dagger.io/index.html
+	source: string
+
+	// Destination path of the downloaded file
+	// Example: "/downloads/index.html"
+	dest: string
+
+	// Optionally verify the file checksum
+	// FIXME: what is the best format to encode checksum?
+	checksum?: string
+
+	// Optionally set file permissions on the downloaded file
+	// FIXME: find a more developer-friendly way to input file permissions
+	permissions?: int
+
+	// Optionally set UID of the downloaded file
+	uid?: int
+
+	// Optionally set GID of the downloaded file
+	gid?: int
+
+	// New filesystem state containing the downloaded file
+	output: #FS
+}