diff --git a/debian/build-git-snapshot b/debian/build-git-snapshot
index cedddae525..7000abc9eb 100755
--- a/debian/build-git-snapshot
+++ b/debian/build-git-snapshot
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sub build_package {
     sys_command_output( qq{git archive --format=tar --prefix="koha-$newversion/" HEAD | gzip -9 > "../koha_$newversion.orig.tar.gz"} );
 
     my $pdebuildopts = $buildresult ? "--buildresult $buildresult" : "";
-    my $pdebuildbasetgz = $basetgz ? "-- --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/" . $basetgz . ".tgz" : "";
+    my $pdebuildbasetgz = $basetgz ? "-- --use-network yes --basetgz /var/cache/pbuilder/" . $basetgz . ".tgz" : "";
     sys_command_output_screen( "pdebuild $pdebuildbasetgz $pdebuildopts" );
 }