diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 00035ece12..be08bbcbf8 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ create_systemd_service_file() {
 [Unit]
 Description=Lightweight Kubernetes
 Documentation=https://k3s.io
+After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
 
diff --git a/k3s.service b/k3s.service
index 8da71c7d9c..377e40560c 100644
--- a/k3s.service
+++ b/k3s.service
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Description=Lightweight Kubernetes
 Documentation=https://k3s.io
 After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
diff --git a/package/rpm/install.sh b/package/rpm/install.sh
index 7e976a6a45..3e2ac5411a 100755
--- a/package/rpm/install.sh
+++ b/package/rpm/install.sh
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ create_systemd_service_file() {
 [Unit]
 Description=Lightweight Kubernetes
 Documentation=https://k3s.io
+After=network-online.target
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
 Conflicts=${conflicts}