diff --git a/pytest_socket.py b/pytest_socket.py
index 296f730..0c8dd63 100644
--- a/pytest_socket.py
+++ b/pytest_socket.py
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ def disable_socket():
     """ disable socket.socket to disable the Internet. useful in testing.
     """
 
-    def guarded(*args, **kwargs):
-        raise SocketBlockedError()
+    class GuardedSocket(socket.socket):
+        """ socket guard to disable socket creation (from pytest-socket) """
+        def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+            raise SocketBlockedError()
 
-    socket.socket = guarded
+    socket.socket = GuardedSocket
 
 
 def enable_socket():
diff --git a/tests/test_socket.py b/tests/test_socket.py
index 9c13d4d..acccfce 100644
--- a/tests/test_socket.py
+++ b/tests/test_socket.py
@@ -210,3 +210,21 @@ def test_socket2():
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest("--verbose", "--disable-socket")
     result.assert_outcomes(1, 0, 2)
+
+
+def test_socket_subclass_is_still_blocked(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import pytest
+        import pytest_socket
+        import socket
+
+        @pytest.mark.disable_socket
+        def test_subclass_is_still_blocked():
+
+            class MySocket(socket.socket):
+                pass
+
+            MySocket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    """)
+    result = testdir.runpytest("--verbose")
+    assert_socket_blocked(result)