diff --git a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
index 608078b1e..49c1cd0bf 100644
--- a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using ipsec.conf
-After=syslog.target
+After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork