diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
index 33724ee5fc..b7afadf6e0 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Virtualization daemon
 Before=libvirt-guests.service
+After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd