--- a/test/test_spawn.py
+++ b/test/test_spawn.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def childscript():
     os.chmod(script, int("770", 8))
     return script
 
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+@attr('network')
 class BaseTestSpawn(object):
 
     COMM = MPI.COMM_NULL
