diff --git a/classes/cargo_bin.bbclass b/classes/cargo_bin.bbclass
index c1c341c..25d56b3 100644
--- a/classes/cargo_bin.bbclass
+++ b/classes/cargo_bin.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 inherit rust_bin-common
 
+# Enable network for the compile task allowing cargo to download dependencies
+do_compile[network] = "1"
+
 # Many crates rely on pkg-config to find native versions of their libraries for
 # linking - do the simple thing and make it generally available.
 DEPENDS:append = "\