diff --git a/gui/src/download.rs b/gui/src/download.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2182a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/download.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+// This is based on https://github.com/iced-rs/iced/blob/master/examples/download_progress/src/download.rs
+// with some modifications to store the downloaded bytes in `Progress::Finished` and `State::Downloading`
+// and to keep track of any download errors.
+use iced::subscription;
+
+use std::hash::Hash;
+
+// Just a little utility function
+pub fn file<I: 'static + Hash + Copy + Send + Sync, T: ToString>(
+    id: I,
+    url: T,
+) -> iced::Subscription<(I, Progress)> {
+    subscription::unfold(id, State::Ready(url.to_string()), move |state| {
+        download(id, state)
+    })
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Hash, Clone)]
+pub struct Download<I> {
+    id: I,
+    url: String,
+}
+
+/// Possible errors with download.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum DownloadError {
+    UnknownContentLength,
+    RequestError(String),
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for DownloadError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::UnknownContentLength => {
+                write!(f, "Response has unknown content length.")
+            }
+            Self::RequestError(e) => {
+                write!(f, "Request error: '{}'.", e)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn download<I: Copy>(id: I, state: State) -> ((I, Progress), State) {
+    match state {
+        State::Ready(url) => {
+            let response = reqwest::get(&url).await;
+
+            match response {
+                Ok(response) => {
+                    if let Some(total) = response.content_length() {
+                        (
+                            (id, Progress::Started),
+                            State::Downloading {
+                                response,
+                                total,
+                                downloaded: 0,
+                                bytes: Vec::new(),
+                            },
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        (
+                            (id, Progress::Errored(DownloadError::UnknownContentLength)),
+                            State::Finished,
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => (
+                    (
+                        id,
+                        Progress::Errored(DownloadError::RequestError(e.to_string())),
+                    ),
+                    State::Finished,
+                ),
+            }
+        }
+        State::Downloading {
+            mut response,
+            total,
+            downloaded,
+            mut bytes,
+        } => match response.chunk().await {
+            Ok(Some(chunk)) => {
+                let downloaded = downloaded + chunk.len() as u64;
+
+                let percentage = (downloaded as f32 / total as f32) * 100.0;
+
+                bytes.append(&mut chunk.to_vec());
+
+                (
+                    (id, Progress::Advanced(percentage)),
+                    State::Downloading {
+                        response,
+                        total,
+                        downloaded,
+                        bytes,
+                    },
+                )
+            }
+            Ok(None) => ((id, Progress::Finished(bytes)), State::Finished),
+            Err(e) => (
+                (
+                    id,
+                    Progress::Errored(DownloadError::RequestError(e.to_string())),
+                ),
+                State::Finished,
+            ),
+        },
+        State::Finished => {
+            // We do not let the stream die, as it would start a
+            // new download repeatedly if the user is not careful
+            // in case of errors.
+            iced::futures::future::pending().await
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum Progress {
+    Started,
+    Advanced(f32),
+    Finished(Vec<u8>),
+    Errored(DownloadError),
+}
+
+pub enum State {
+    Ready(String),
+    Downloading {
+        response: reqwest::Response,
+        total: u64,
+        downloaded: u64,
+        bytes: Vec<u8>,
+    },
+    Finished,
+}
diff --git a/gui/src/lib.rs b/gui/src/lib.rs
index a01f20f2..0a6fd3c4 100644
--- a/gui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pub mod app;
 pub mod bitcoind;
 pub mod daemon;
+pub mod download;
 pub mod hw;
 pub mod installer;
 pub mod launcher;