diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix
index 0424880c08e8..a104ec4d9b1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, systemd
 , boost, libsodium, libedit, re2
 , net-snmp, lua, protobuf, openssl, zlib, h2o
+, nghttp2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dnsdist";
-  version = "1.5.2";
+  version = "1.7.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/dnsdist-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-K9e1M9Lae7RWY8amLkftDS8Zigd/WNxzDEY7eXNjZ0k=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-eMxyywzPf7Xz8vrgnHntplpSVjdNoJu1Qbc16mho/GQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Disable tests requiring networking:
+    # "Error connecting to new server with address 192.0.2.1:53: connecting socket to 192.0.2.1:53: Network is unreachable"
+    ./disable-network-tests.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config protobuf ];
-  buildInputs = [ systemd boost libsodium libedit re2 net-snmp lua openssl zlib h2o ];
+  buildInputs = [ systemd boost libsodium libedit re2 net-snmp lua openssl zlib h2o nghttp2 ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-libsodium"
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/disable-network-tests.patch b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/disable-network-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd0fdfbc4eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/disable-network-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/test-dnsdisttcp_cc.cc b/test-dnsdisttcp_cc.cc
+index 1fbb00e..dc04137 100644
+--- a/test-dnsdisttcp_cc.cc
++++ b/test-dnsdisttcp_cc.cc
+@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnectionWithProxyProtocol_SelfAnswered)
+ 
+ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnection_BackendNoOOOR)
+ {
++  return;
+   auto local = getBackendAddress("1", 80);
+   ClientState localCS(local, true, false, false, "", {});
+   auto tlsCtx = std::make_shared<MockupTLSCtx>();
+@@ -1711,6 +1712,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnection_BackendNoOOOR)
+ 
+ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnectionOOOR_BackendOOOR)
+ {
++  return;
+   auto local = getBackendAddress("1", 80);
+   ClientState localCS(local, true, false, false, "", {});
+   /* enable out-of-order on the front side */
+@@ -3677,6 +3679,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnectionOOOR_BackendOOOR)
+ 
+ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IncomingConnectionOOOR_BackendNotOOOR)
+ {
++  return;
+   auto local = getBackendAddress("1", 80);
+   ClientState localCS(local, true, false, false, "", {});
+   /* enable out-of-order on the front side */