diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/utility-tasks.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/utility-tasks.bbclass
index 34d6b8f..0466325 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/utility-tasks.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/utility-tasks.bbclass
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 addtask checkuri
 do_checkuri[nostamp] = "1"
+do_checkuri[network] = "1"
 python do_checkuri() {
     src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI') or "").split()
     if len(src_uri) == 0: