diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
index 36601b6..dddbc49 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Early Qubes VM settings
 DefaultDependencies=no
-Before=sysinit.target
+Before=sysinit.target network-pre.target
 After=local-fs.target qubes-db.service
 
 [Service]