diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 612a693e8a..e3831f28f1 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ install_config_files() {
     # we want an empty environment
     > $initdir/etc/environment
     > $initdir/etc/machine-id
+    > $initdir/etc/resolv.conf
 
     # set the hostname
     echo systemd-testsuite > $initdir/etc/hostname