diff --git a/src/precompile.jl b/src/precompile.jl
index e104f736..89f065d2 100644
--- a/src/precompile.jl
+++ b/src/precompile.jl
@@ -1,47 +1,57 @@
-using PrecompileTools: @setup_workload, @compile_workload
-
+do_precompile = false
 try
-    @setup_workload begin
-        # These need to be safe to call here and bake into the pkgimage, i.e. called twice.
-        Connections.__init__()
-        MultiPartParsing.__init__()
-        Parsers.__init__()
+    Sockets.getalladdrinfo("localhost")
+catch ex
+    @debug "Skipping precompilation workload because localhost cannot be resolved. Check firewall settings" exception=(ex,catch_backtrace())
+    do_precompile = false
+end
 
-        # Doesn't seem to be needed here, and might not be safe to call twice (here and during runtime)
-        # ConnectionRequest.__init__()
+if do_precompile
+    using PrecompileTools: @setup_workload, @compile_workload
+    try
+        @setup_workload begin
 
-        gzip_data(data::String) = read(GzipCompressorStream(IOBuffer(data)))
+            # These need to be safe to call here and bake into the pkgimage, i.e. called twice.
+            Connections.__init__()
+            MultiPartParsing.__init__()
+            Parsers.__init__()
 
-        # random port in the dynamic/private range (49152–65535) which are are
-        # least likely to be used by well-known services
-        _port = 57813
+            # Doesn't seem to be needed here, and might not be safe to call twice (here and during runtime)
+            # ConnectionRequest.__init__()
 
-        cert, key = joinpath.(@__DIR__, "../test", "resources", ("cert.pem", "key.pem"))
-        sslconfig = MbedTLS.SSLConfig(cert, key)
+            gzip_data(data::String) = read(GzipCompressorStream(IOBuffer(data)))
 
-        server = HTTP.serve!("0.0.0.0", _port; verbose = -1, listenany=true, sslconfig=sslconfig) do req
-            HTTP.Response(200,  ["Content-Encoding" => "gzip"], gzip_data("dummy response"))
-        end
-        try
-            # listenany allows changing port if that one is already in use, so check the actual port
-            _port = HTTP.port(server)
-            url = "https://localhost:$_port"
-    
-            env = ["JULIA_NO_VERIFY_HOSTS" => "localhost",
-                "JULIA_SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTS" => nothing,
-                "JULIA_ALWAYS_VERIFY_HOSTS" => nothing]
-        
-            withenv(env...) do
-                @compile_workload begin
-                    HTTP.get(url);
+            # random port in the dynamic/private range (49152–65535) which are are
+            # least likely to be used by well-known services
+            _port = 57813
+
+            cert, key = joinpath.(@__DIR__, "../test", "resources", ("cert.pem", "key.pem"))
+            sslconfig = MbedTLS.SSLConfig(cert, key)
+
+            server = HTTP.serve!("0.0.0.0", _port; verbose = -1, listenany=true, sslconfig=sslconfig) do req
+                HTTP.Response(200,  ["Content-Encoding" => "gzip"], gzip_data("dummy response"))
+            end
+            try
+                # listenany allows changing port if that one is already in use, so check the actual port
+                _port = HTTP.port(server)
+                url = "https://localhost:$_port"
+
+                env = ["JULIA_NO_VERIFY_HOSTS" => "localhost",
+                    "JULIA_SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTS" => nothing,
+                    "JULIA_ALWAYS_VERIFY_HOSTS" => nothing]
+
+                withenv(env...) do
+                    @compile_workload begin
+                        HTTP.get(url);
+                    end
                 end
+            finally
+                HTTP.forceclose(server)
+                yield() # needed on 1.9 to avoid some issue where it seems a task doesn't stop before serialization
+                server = nothing
             end
-        finally
-            HTTP.forceclose(server)
-            yield() # needed on 1.9 to avoid some issue where it seems a task doesn't stop before serialization
-            server = nothing
         end
+    catch e
+        @info "Ignoring an error that occurred during the precompilation workload" exception=(e, catch_backtrace())
     end
-catch e
-    @info "Ignoring an error that occurred during the precompilation workload" exception=(e, catch_backtrace())
 end