diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCa
 
     def test_idna(self):
         # these should all be successful
+        support.requires('network')
         socket.gethostbyname('испытание.python.org')
         socket.gethostbyname_ex('испытание.python.org')
         socket.getaddrinfo('испытание.python.org',0,socket.AF_UNSPEC,socket.SOCK_STREAM)