diff -up httpretty-1.0.2/tests/unit/test_core.py.orig httpretty-1.0.2/tests/unit/test_core.py
--- httpretty-1.0.2/tests/unit/test_core.py.orig	2020-03-20 01:54:16.000000000 +0100
+++ httpretty-1.0.2/tests/unit/test_core.py	2020-03-27 11:14:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -190,28 +190,35 @@ def test_fake_ssl_socket_proxies_its_ow_
 @freeze_time("2013-10-04 04:20:00")
 def test_fakesock_socket_getpeercert():
     ("fakesock.socket#getpeercert should return a hardcoded fake certificate")
-    # Given a fake socket instance
-    socket = fakesock.socket()
 
-    # And that it's bound to some host
-    socket._host = 'somewhere.com'
+    # Don't bother with an actual remote roundtrip
+    httpretty.allow_net_connect = False
 
-    # When I retrieve the peer certificate
-    certificate = socket.getpeercert()
+    try:
+        # Given a fake socket instance
+        socket = fakesock.socket()
 
-    # Then it should return a hardcoded value
-    certificate.should.equal({
-        u'notAfter': 'Sep 29 04:20:00 GMT',
-        u'subject': (
-            ((u'organizationName', u'*.somewhere.com'),),
-            ((u'organizationalUnitName', u'Domain Control Validated'),),
-            ((u'commonName', u'*.somewhere.com'),)),
-        u'subjectAltName': (
-            (u'DNS', u'*.somewhere.com'),
-            (u'DNS', u'somewhere.com'),
-            (u'DNS', u'*')
-        )
-    })
+        # And that it's bound to some host
+        socket._host = 'somewhere.com'
+
+        # When I retrieve the peer certificate
+        certificate = socket.getpeercert()
+
+        # Then it should return a hardcoded value
+        certificate.should.equal({
+            u'notAfter': 'Sep 29 04:20:00 GMT',
+            u'subject': (
+                ((u'organizationName', u'*.somewhere.com'),),
+                ((u'organizationalUnitName', u'Domain Control Validated'),),
+                ((u'commonName', u'*.somewhere.com'),)),
+            u'subjectAltName': (
+                (u'DNS', u'*.somewhere.com'),
+                (u'DNS', u'somewhere.com'),
+                (u'DNS', u'*')
+            )
+        })
+    finally:
+        httpretty.allow_net_connect = True
 
 
 def test_fakesock_socket_ssl():