diff --git a/nx/include/switch/runtime/devices/socket.h b/nx/include/switch/runtime/devices/socket.h
index 155eea6f..1f5cd82a 100644
--- a/nx/include/switch/runtime/devices/socket.h
+++ b/nx/include/switch/runtime/devices/socket.h
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "../../types.h"
 
+/// BSD service type used by the socket driver.
+typedef enum {
+    BsdServiceType_User   = BIT(0), ///< Uses bsd:u (default).
+    BsdServiceType_System = BIT(1), ///< Uses bsd:s.
+    BsdServiceType_Auto   = BsdServiceType_User | BsdServiceType_System, ///< Tries to use bsd:s first, and if that fails uses bsd:u (official software behavior).
+} BsdServiceType;
+
 /// Configuration structure for socketInitalize
 typedef struct  {
     u32 bsdsockets_version;                     ///< Observed 1 on 2.0 LibAppletWeb, 2 on 3.0.
@@ -15,6 +22,9 @@ typedef struct  {
 
     u32 sb_efficiency;                          ///< Number of buffers for each socket (standard values range from 1 to 8).
 
+    u32 num_bsd_sessions;                       ///< Number of BSD service sessions (typically 3).
+    BsdServiceType bsd_service_type;            ///< BSD service type (typically \ref BsdServiceType_User).
+
     size_t serialized_out_addrinfos_max_size;   ///< For getaddrinfo.
     size_t serialized_out_hostent_max_size;     ///< For gethostbyname/gethostbyaddr.
     bool bypass_nsd;                            ///< For name gethostbyname/getaddrinfo: bypass the Name Server Daemon.
@@ -33,7 +43,6 @@ Result socketGetLastSfdnsresResult(void);
 void socketExit(void);
 
 /// Initalize the socket driver using the default configuration.
-static inline Result socketInitializeDefault(void) {
-    return socketInitialize(socketGetDefaultInitConfig());
+NX_INLINE Result socketInitializeDefault(void) {
+    return socketInitialize(NULL);
 }
-
diff --git a/nx/include/switch/services/bsd.h b/nx/include/switch/services/bsd.h
index 7081e247..127482ab 100644
--- a/nx/include/switch/services/bsd.h
+++ b/nx/include/switch/services/bsd.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern __thread int g_bsdErrno;        ///< Last errno, per-thread
 /// Fetch the default configuration for bsdInitialize.
 const BsdInitConfig *bsdGetDefaultInitConfig(void);
 /// Initialize the BSD service.
-Result bsdInitialize(const BsdInitConfig *config);
+Result bsdInitialize(const BsdInitConfig *config, u32 num_sessions, u32 service_type);
 /// Deinitialize the BSD service.
 void bsdExit(void);
 Service* bsdGetServiceSession(void);
@@ -73,8 +73,3 @@ int bsdClose(int fd);
 int bsdDuplicateSocket(int sockfd);
 
 // TODO: Reverse-engineer GetResourceStatistics. Implement sendmmsg/recvmmsg (custom (un)serialization)
-
-/// Initialize the BSD service using the default configuration.
-static inline Result bsdInitializeDefault(void) {
-    return bsdInitialize(bsdGetDefaultInitConfig());
-}
diff --git a/nx/source/runtime/devices/socket.c b/nx/source/runtime/devices/socket.c
index acc752c7..37b448e9 100644
--- a/nx/source/runtime/devices/socket.c
+++ b/nx/source/runtime/devices/socket.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static const SocketInitConfig g_defaultSocketInitConfig = {
 
     .sb_efficiency = 4,
 
+    .num_bsd_sessions = 3,
+    .bsd_service_type = BsdServiceType_User,
+
     .serialized_out_addrinfos_max_size  = 0x1000,
     .serialized_out_hostent_max_size    = 0x200,
     .bypass_nsd                         = false,
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ const SocketInitConfig *socketGetDefaultInitConfig(void) {
 
 Result socketInitialize(const SocketInitConfig *config) {
     Result ret = 0;
+    if (!config)
+        config = &g_defaultSocketInitConfig;
+
     BsdInitConfig bcfg = {
         .version = config->bsdsockets_version,
 
@@ -110,6 +116,14 @@ Result socketInitialize(const SocketInitConfig *config) {
         .sb_efficiency = config->sb_efficiency,
     };
 
+    u32 num_bsd_sessions = config->num_bsd_sessions;
+    u32 bsd_service_type = config->bsd_service_type;
+
+    if (!num_bsd_sessions)
+        num_bsd_sessions = g_defaultSocketInitConfig.num_bsd_sessions;
+    if (!bsd_service_type)
+        bsd_service_type = g_defaultSocketInitConfig.bsd_service_type;
+
     SfdnsresConfig sfdnsresConfig = {
         .serialized_out_addrinfos_max_size  = config->serialized_out_addrinfos_max_size,
         .serialized_out_hostent_max_size    = config->serialized_out_hostent_max_size,
@@ -124,7 +138,7 @@ Result socketInitialize(const SocketInitConfig *config) {
     ret = nifmInitialize();
     if(R_FAILED(ret)) return ret;
 
-    ret = bsdInitialize(&bcfg);
+    ret = bsdInitialize(&bcfg, num_bsd_sessions, bsd_service_type);
     if(R_SUCCEEDED(ret))
         dev = AddDevice(&g_socketDevoptab);
     else {
@@ -1614,7 +1628,7 @@ long gethostid(void) {
     rc = nifmGetCurrentIpAddress(&id);
     if(R_SUCCEEDED(rc))
         return id;
-    return INADDR_LOOPBACK; 
+    return INADDR_LOOPBACK;
 }
 
 int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen) {
diff --git a/nx/source/services/bsd.c b/nx/source/services/bsd.c
index e0eb22fa..3f171397 100644
--- a/nx/source/services/bsd.c
+++ b/nx/source/services/bsd.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "service_guard.h"
 #include "kernel/shmem.h"
 #include "kernel/rwlock.h"
+#include "sf/sessionmgr.h"
 #include "services/bsd.h"
 
 typedef struct BsdSelectTimeval {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ __thread int g_bsdErrno;
 
 static Service g_bsdSrv;
 static Service g_bsdMonitor;
+static SessionMgr g_bsdSessionMgr;
 static u64 g_bsdClientPid = -1;
 
 static TransferMemory g_bsdTmem;
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ static const BsdInitConfig g_defaultBsdInitConfig = {
     .sb_efficiency = 4,
 };
 
-NX_GENERATE_SERVICE_GUARD_PARAMS(bsd, (const BsdInitConfig *config), (config));
+NX_GENERATE_SERVICE_GUARD_PARAMS(bsd, (const BsdInitConfig *config, u32 num_sessions, u32 service_type), (config, num_sessions, service_type));
 
 // This function computes the minimal size of the transfer memory to be passed to @ref bsdInitalize.
 // Should the transfer memory be smaller than that, the BSD sockets service would only send
@@ -112,7 +114,10 @@ NX_INLINE int _bsdDispatchImpl(
     if (in_data_size)
         __builtin_memcpy(in, in_data, in_data_size);
 
-    Result rc = svcSendSyncRequest(srv.session);
+    int slot = sessionmgrAttachClient(&g_bsdSessionMgr);
+    Result rc = svcSendSyncRequest(sessionmgrGetClientSession(&g_bsdSessionMgr, slot));
+    sessionmgrDetachClient(&g_bsdSessionMgr, slot);
+
     int ret = -1;
     int errno_ = -1;
     void* out_ptr = NULL;
@@ -187,19 +192,25 @@ const BsdInitConfig *bsdGetDefaultInitConfig(void) {
     return &g_defaultBsdInitConfig;
 }
 
-Result _bsdInitialize(const BsdInitConfig *config) {
+Result _bsdInitialize(const BsdInitConfig *config, u32 num_sessions, u32 service_type) {
     if (!config)
         config = &g_defaultBsdInitConfig;
 
-    const char* bsd_srv = "bsd:s";
-    Result rc = smGetService(&g_bsdSrv, bsd_srv);
-    if (R_FAILED(rc)) {
-        bsd_srv = "bsd:u";
-        rc = smGetService(&g_bsdSrv, bsd_srv);
+    SmServiceName bsd_srv = {0};
+    Result rc = MAKERESULT(Module_Libnx, LibnxError_BadInput);
+
+    if (service_type & BIT(1)) {
+        bsd_srv = smEncodeName("bsd:s");
+        rc = smGetServiceWrapper(&g_bsdSrv, bsd_srv);
+    }
+
+    if (R_FAILED(rc) && (service_type & BIT(0))) {
+        bsd_srv = smEncodeName("bsd:u");
+        rc = smGetServiceWrapper(&g_bsdSrv, bsd_srv);
     }
 
     if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc))
-        rc = smGetService(&g_bsdMonitor, bsd_srv);
+        rc = smGetServiceWrapper(&g_bsdMonitor, bsd_srv);
 
     if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc))
         rc = tmemCreate(&g_bsdTmem, _bsdGetTransferMemSizeForConfig(config), 0);
@@ -210,11 +221,15 @@ Result _bsdInitialize(const BsdInitConfig *config) {
     if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc))
         rc = _bsdStartMonitoring(g_bsdClientPid);
 
+    if (R_SUCCEEDED(rc))
+        rc = sessionmgrCreate(&g_bsdSessionMgr, g_bsdSrv.session, num_sessions);
+
     return rc;
 }
 
 void _bsdCleanup(void) {
     g_bsdClientPid = 0;
+    sessionmgrClose(&g_bsdSessionMgr);
     serviceClose(&g_bsdMonitor);
     serviceClose(&g_bsdSrv);
     tmemClose(&g_bsdTmem);