diff --git a/t/082-exceptions.rakutest b/t/082-exceptions.rakutest
index d488859..e7fcaf9 100644
--- a/t/082-exceptions.rakutest
+++ b/t/082-exceptions.rakutest
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ use HTTP::UserAgent;
 
 plan 4;
 
-my $ua = HTTP::UserAgent.new;
-my $res;
+if %*ENV<NETWORK_TESTING> {
+	my $ua = HTTP::UserAgent.new;
+	my $res;
 
-lives-ok { $res = $ua.get('http://httpbin.org/status/404') }, "no exception - expect 404";
+	lives-ok { $res = $ua.get('http://httpbin.org/status/404') }, "no exception - expect 404";
 
-ok !$res.is-success, "and it isn't successful";
-is $res.code, 404, "and a 404";
+	ok !$res.is-success, "and it isn't successful";
+	is $res.code, 404, "and a 404";
 
-$ua = HTTP::UserAgent.new(:throw-exceptions);
+	$ua = HTTP::UserAgent.new(:throw-exceptions);
+
+	throws-like {  $ua.get('http://httpbin.org/status/404') }, X::HTTP::Response, message => "Response error: '404 Not Found'", response => HTTP::Response;
+} else {
+	skip-rest "NETWORK_TESTING not set won't do network tests";
+}
 
-throws-like {  $ua.get('http://httpbin.org/status/404') }, X::HTTP::Response, message => "Response error: '404 Not Found'", response => HTTP::Response;
 
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