diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
index d3192cc59c..982c82cd59 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0a00180864cd016187c986faab8010de23a117b9a75f91d6456421f894
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/MariaDB/server/tags"
 
+# network is required by go to get dependent packages
+do_compile[network] = "1"
+
 BINCONFIG_GLOB = "mysql_config"
 
 inherit cmake gettext binconfig update-rc.d systemd multilib_script multilib_header pkgconfig