diff --git a/shrinkwrap/utils/runtime.py b/shrinkwrap/utils/runtime.py
index e8c5342668ca2f1f0ca6f59945f2dd6f6086f6dc..aed5cc87e6a23db061564f34dc184f766292225f 100644
--- a/shrinkwrap/utils/runtime.py
+++ b/shrinkwrap/utils/runtime.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Runtime:
 
 		self._rt = tuxmake.runtime.Runtime.get(name)
 		self._rt.set_image(image)
+		self._rt.network = "host"
 
 		is_mac = sys.platform.startswith('darwin')
 		is_docker = name.startswith('docker')