1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Net/hostent.t b/lib/Net/hostent.t
index 2616b56425..421f19dc35 100644
--- a/lib/Net/hostent.t
+++ b/lib/Net/hostent.t
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ sub DIE {
 use Socket;
 
 my $h = gethost('localhost');
+SKIP: {
+skip "Can't resolve localhost and you don't have /etc/hosts", 6
+    if (!defined($h) && !-e '/etc/hosts');
+
 ok(defined $h,  "gethost('localhost')") ||
   DIE("Can't continue without working gethost: $!");
 
@@ -89,3 +93,4 @@ SKIP: {
         print "# " . $h->name . " " . join (",", @{$h->aliases}) . "\n";
     }
 }
+}