diff --git a/share/http/.hosts b/share/http/.hosts
index f7775db4ff..6f54ae01b6 100644
--- a/share/http/.hosts
+++ b/share/http/.hosts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #10.0.0.0/8
 #172.16.0.0/12
 #192.168.0.0/16
+#169.254.0.0/16
 
 # The world (uncommenting these 2 lines is not quite safe)
 #::/0