diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp b/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
index 0b4375a8a8..18032cddad 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/Android.bp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ java_test_host {
     ],
     static_libs: [
         "modules-utils-build-testing",
+        "net-tests-utils-host-common",
     ],
     // Tag this module as a cts test artifact
     test_suites: [
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/AndroidTest.xml b/tests/cts/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
index 03ea17827f..6e13b88646 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="mainline-param" value="com.google.android.tethering.apex" />
 
     <target_preparer class="com.android.compatibility.common.tradefed.targetprep.LocationCheck" />
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.testutils.ConnectivityTestTargetPreparer" />
 
     <!-- Enabling change id ALLOW_TEST_API_ACCESS allows that package to access @TestApi methods -->
     <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RunCommandTargetPreparer">