diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 632ac0b..16d51ea 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@
         test_pwd
         test_signal
         test_socket_ssl
+        test_socketserver
         test_sunaudiodev
         test_timing
         """,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index 6bce9b3..d3cd5a6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Test suite for SocketServer.py
 
+import test_support
 from test_support import verbose, verify, TESTFN, TestSkipped
+test_support.requires('network')
 
 from SocketServer import *
 import socket