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diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 1cab8997b4..2e82e12be2 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -419,13 +419,17 @@ system."
(define* (system-docker-image os
#:key
(name "guix-docker-image")
- (register-closures? (has-guix-service-type? os)))
+ (register-closures? (has-guix-service-type? os))
+ shared-network?)
"Build a docker image. OS is the desired <operating-system>. NAME is the
-base name to use for the output file. When REGISTER-CLOSURES? is true,
-register the closure of OS with Guix in the resulting Docker image. By
-default, REGISTER-CLOSURES? is set to true only if a service of type
-GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE is present in the services definition of the operating
-system."
+base name to use for the output file. When SHARED-NETWORK? is true, assume
+that the container will share network with the host and thus doesn't need a
+DHCP client, nscd, and so on.
+
+When REGISTER-CLOSURES? is true, register the closure of OS with Guix in the
+resulting Docker image. By default, REGISTER-CLOSURES? is set to true only if
+a service of type GUIX-SERVICE-TYPE is present in the services definition of
+the operating system."
(define schema
(and register-closures?
(local-file (search-path %load-path
@@ -442,7 +446,9 @@ system."
(let ((os (operating-system-with-gc-roots
- (containerized-operating-system os '())
+ (containerized-operating-system os '()
+ #:shared-network?
+ shared-network?)
(list boot-program)))
(name (string-append name ".tar.gz"))
(graph "system-graph"))