diff --git a/gnu/services/docker.scm b/gnu/services/docker.scm
index 09fe3cc1c3..7cc03444d9 100644
--- a/gnu/services/docker.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/docker.scm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ (define (docker-shepherd-service config)
                           file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/devices
                           file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/memory
                           ; TODO: file-system-/sys/fs/cgroup/pids
-                          ))
+                          networking))
            (start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                      (list (string-append #$docker "/bin/dockerd")
                            "-p" "/var/run/docker.pid")