diff --git a/mpd.service.in b/mpd.service.in
index 9e9282fa6..65fffa7bb 100644
--- a/mpd.service.in
+++ b/mpd.service.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Music Player Daemon
-After=sound.target
+After=network.target sound.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=@prefix@/bin/mpd --no-daemon