diff --git a/etc/initsystem/icinga2.service.cmake b/etc/initsystem/icinga2.service.cmake
index 9c7d81748..834a1fc18 100644
--- a/etc/initsystem/icinga2.service.cmake
+++ b/etc/initsystem/icinga2.service.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Icinga host/service/network monitoring system
+Requires=network-online.target
 After=syslog.target network-online.target postgresql.service mariadb.service carbon-cache.service carbon-relay.service
 
 [Service]