diff --git a/meta/classes/go.bbclass b/meta/classes/go.bbclass
index 9c4c92bffd..dc246c72cb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/go.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/go.bbclass
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ go_do_compile() {
 }
 do_compile[dirs] =+ "${GOTMPDIR}"
 do_compile[cleandirs] = "${B}/bin ${B}/pkg"
+do_compile[network] = "1"
 
 go_do_install() {
 	install -d ${D}${libdir}/go/src/${GO_IMPORT}