diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-nl80211.service.arg.in b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-nl80211.service.arg.in
index bfdee25dc..03ac50705 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-nl80211.service.arg.in
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-nl80211.service.arg.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Description=WPA supplicant daemon (interface- and nl80211 driver-specific version)
 Requires=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
 After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
+Before=network.target
+Wants=network.target
 
 # NetworkManager users will probably want the dbus version instead.
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-wired.service.arg.in b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-wired.service.arg.in
index 20ba0ad9a..c8a744d6e 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-wired.service.arg.in
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant-wired.service.arg.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Description=WPA supplicant daemon (interface- and wired driver-specific version)
 Requires=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
 After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
+Before=network.target
+Wants=network.target
 
 # NetworkManager users will probably want the dbus version instead.
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.arg.in b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.arg.in
index 10e62bc4b..7788b380c 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.arg.in
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.arg.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Description=WPA supplicant daemon (interface-specific version)
 Requires=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
 After=sys-subsystem-net-devices-%i.device
+Before=network.target
+Wants=network.target
 
 # NetworkManager users will probably want the dbus version instead.
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.in b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.in
index 4351ad8f5..ea964ce8d 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.in
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/systemd/wpa_supplicant.service.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=WPA supplicant
+Before=network.target
+Wants=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=dbus