diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index d81be84..d045c0a 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ usage() {
 	echo '-n         Run namcap on the package'
 	echo '-T         Build in a temporary directory'
 	echo '-U         Run makepkg as a specified user'
+	echo '-N         Disable network during build'
 	exit 1
 }

@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ main() {
 	clean_first=false
 	run_namcap=false
 	temp_chroot=false
+	disable_network=false
 	chrootdir=
 	passeddir=
 	makepkg_user=
@@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ main() {
 	[[ -z "$copy" || $copy = root ]] && copy=copy
 	src_owner=${SUDO_USER:-$USER}

-	while getopts 'hcur:I:l:nTD:d:U:' arg; do
+	while getopts 'hcur:I:l:nTD:d:U:N' arg; do
 		case "$arg" in
 			c) clean_first=true ;;
 			D) bindmounts_ro+=("--bind-ro=$OPTARG") ;;
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ main() {
 			n) run_namcap=true; makepkg_args+=(--install) ;;
 			T) temp_chroot=true; copy+="-$$" ;;
 			U) makepkg_user="$OPTARG" ;;
+			N) disable_network=true ;;
 			h|*) usage ;;
 		esac
 	done
@@ -415,12 +418,30 @@ main() {

 	prepare_chroot "$copydir" "$USER_HOME" "$keepbuilddir" "$run_namcap"

-	if arch-nspawn "$copydir" \
-		--bind="$PWD:/startdir" \
-		--bind="$SRCDEST:/srcdest" \
-		"${bindmounts_ro[@]}" "${bindmounts_rw[@]}" \
-		/chrootbuild "${makepkg_args[@]}"
-	then
+	# Download dependencies
+	if [[ "$disable_network" == true ]]; then
+		stat_busy "Installing build dependencies before disabling network"
+		arch-nspawn "$copydir" \
+			--bind="$PWD:/startdir" \
+			--bind="$SRCDEST:/srcdest" \
+			"${bindmounts_ro[@]}" "${bindmounts_rw[@]}" \
+			sudo -u builduser bash -c 'cd /startdir; makepkg -soe --noconfirm'
+		stat_done
+
+		arch-nspawn "$copydir" \
+			--bind="$PWD:/startdir" \
+			--bind="$SRCDEST:/srcdest" \
+			--private-network \
+			"${bindmounts_ro[@]}" "${bindmounts_rw[@]}" \
+			/chrootbuild "${makepkg_args[@]}"
+	else
+		arch-nspawn "$copydir" \
+			--bind="$PWD:/startdir" \
+			--bind="$SRCDEST:/srcdest" \
+			"${bindmounts_ro[@]}" "${bindmounts_rw[@]}" \
+			/chrootbuild "${makepkg_args[@]}"
+	fi
+	if (( $? == 0 )); then
 		move_products "$copydir" "$src_owner"
 	else
 		(( ret += 1 ))