diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
index dddbc49..8529188 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Early Qubes VM settings
 DefaultDependencies=no
+Wants=network-pre.target
 Before=sysinit.target network-pre.target
 After=local-fs.target qubes-db.service