diff --git a/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass b/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
index 794e9930ad9..c39c86458a4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ ICECC_ENV_EXEC ?= "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/icecc-create-env"
 
 HOSTTOOLS_NONFATAL += "icecc patchelf"
 
+BB_TASK_NETWORK ? = "1"
+
 # This version can be incremented when changes are made to the environment that
 # invalidate the version on the compile nodes. Changing it will cause a new
 # environment to be created.
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index fba99e8f0cd..bf5bcd55519 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -946,3 +946,6 @@ MULTILIB_VARIANTS ??= ""
 # what it would be anyway if the signature generator (e.g. OEEquivHash) doesn't
 # support unihashes.
 BB_UNIHASH ?= "${BB_TASKHASH}"
+
+# Enable task network for remote user such as NIS.
+BB_TASK_NETWORK ??= "${@['1', '0'][oe.utils.is_local_uid()]}"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 136650e6f74..c21f034aafc 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -595,3 +595,18 @@ def directory_size(root, blocksize=4096):
         total += sum(roundup(getsize(os.path.join(root, name))) for name in files)
         total += roundup(getsize(root))
     return total
+
+def is_local_uid(uid=''):
+    """
+    Check whether uid is a local one or not.
+    Can't use pwd module since it gets all UIDs, not local ones only.
+    """
+    if not uid:
+        uid = os.getuid()
+    local_uids = set()
+    with open('/etc/passwd', 'r') as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
+            if not ':' in line:
+                continue
+            local_uids.add(line.split(':')[2])
+    return uid in local_uids