diff --git a/roles/ansible-pull/templates/ansible-pull.service b/roles/ansible-pull/templates/ansible-pull.service
index 5ea97e4..dafdf67 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-pull/templates/ansible-pull.service
+++ b/roles/ansible-pull/templates/ansible-pull.service
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Description=Ansible pull service
 StartLimitIntervalSec=3600
 StartLimitBurst=5
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 User=ansible
diff --git a/roles/backup/templates/backup.service b/roles/backup/templates/backup.service
index 21a8a10..0320e15 100644
--- a/roles/backup/templates/backup.service
+++ b/roles/backup/templates/backup.service
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # vim:ft=systemd
 [Unit]
 Description=Nightly backup service
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 MemoryMax=256M