diff --git a/app-shells/nushell/metadata.xml b/app-shells/nushell/metadata.xml
index 8ed08b63ebef4..01c6cf2475c8a 100644
--- a/app-shells/nushell/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-shells/nushell/metadata.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	</upstream>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="mcp">Build MCP server</flag>
+		<flag name="network">Build networking functionality</flag>
 		<flag name="plugins">Build official plugins</flag>
 		<flag name="system-clipboard">System clipboard support in `reedline`</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/app-shells/nushell/nushell-0.108.0.ebuild b/app-shells/nushell/nushell-0.108.0.ebuild
index f761a6d268d1a..c92a3db903fac 100644
--- a/app-shells/nushell/nushell-0.108.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/nushell/nushell-0.108.0.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LICENSE+="
 "
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv"
-IUSE="mcp plugins system-clipboard X"
+IUSE="mcp plugins system-clipboard X network"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/openssl:0=
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ src_configure() {
 
 	local myfeatures=(
 		$(usev mcp)
+		$(usev network)
 		plugin
 		native-tls
 		sqlite