diff --git a/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
index d23e130375de..a0ec78a5b36a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/gonic/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     tests.gonic = nixosTests.gonic;
   };
 
+  # tests require it
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sentriz/gonic";
     description = "Music streaming server / subsonic server API implementation";