diff --git a/dom0/pm-utils/01qubes-suspend-netvm b/dom0/pm-utils/01qubes-suspend-netvm
index 443dbc1a..264c8faa 100755
--- a/dom0/pm-utils/01qubes-suspend-netvm
+++ b/dom0/pm-utils/01qubes-suspend-netvm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ suspend_net()
 resume_net()
 {
     for VM in `get_running_netvms`; do
-        qvm-run -u root --pass_io $VM "modprobe ehci_hcd; modprobe uhci_hcd; service qubes_core_netvm start"
+        qvm-run -u root --pass_io $VM "modprobe ehci_hcd; modprobe uhci_hcd; [ -x /bin/systemctl ] && systemctl start NetworkManager.service || service qubes_core_netvm start"
     done
     # Ignore exit status from netvm...
     return 0