diff --git a/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in b/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
index 6a0672352..6f0c40cc1 100644
--- a/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd-starter/strongswan-starter.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using ipsec.conf
 After=syslog.target network-online.target
+Wants=syslog.target network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/@IPSEC_SCRIPT@ start --nofork
diff --git a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
index 87ad0c905..c23c05ea0 100644
--- a/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
+++ b/init/systemd/strongswan.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=strongSwan IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2 daemon using swanctl
 After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify