diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js b/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js
index b2863a74d817d4..49169b523e1042 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-agent-unref-socket.js
@@ -6,8 +6,24 @@ if (!common.hasCrypto)
 
 const https = require('https');
 
-const request = https.get('https://example.com');
+if (process.argv[2] === 'localhost') {
+  const request = https.get('https://localhost:' + process.argv[3]);
 
-request.on('socket', (socket) => {
-  socket.unref();
-});
+  request.on('socket', (socket) => {
+    socket.unref();
+  });
+} else {
+  const assert = require('assert');
+  const net = require('net');
+  const server = net.createServer();
+  server.listen(0);
+  server.on('listening', () => {
+    const port = server.address().port;
+    const { fork } = require('child_process');
+    const child = fork(__filename, ['localhost', port], {});
+    child.on('close', (exit_code) => {
+      server.close();
+      assert.strictEqual(exit_code, 0);
+    });
+  });
+}