diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 93c5011..7377568 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@
 #     test_socket_ssl
 #         Controlled by test_socket_ssl.skip_expected.  Requires the network
 #         resource, and a socket module with ssl support.
+#     test_timeout
+#         Controlled by test_timeout.skip_expected.  Requires the network
+#         resource and a socket module.
 
 _expectations = {
     'win32':
@@ -945,6 +948,7 @@
         import os.path
         from test import test_normalization
         from test import test_socket_ssl
+        from test import test_timeout
 
         self.valid = False
         if sys.platform in _expectations:
@@ -960,6 +964,9 @@
             if test_socket_ssl.skip_expected:
                 self.expected.add('test_socket_ssl')
 
+            if test_timeout.skip_expected:
+                self.expected.add('test_timeout')
+
             if not sys.platform in ("mac", "darwin"):
                 self.expected.add("test_macostools")
                 self.expected.add("test_macfs")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index 5949e51..07c5372 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
 
+# This requires the 'network' resource as given on the regrtest command line.
+skip_expected = not test_support.is_resource_enabled('network')
+
 import time
 import socket
 
@@ -182,6 +185,8 @@
 
 
 def test_main():
+    test_support.requires('network')
+
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(CreationTestCase))
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TimeoutTestCase))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b3ea1f5..c4401b6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
-TBD
+- test_timeout now requires -u network to be passed to regrtest to run.
+  See SF bug #692988.
 
 Windows
 -------