diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/do-agent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/do-agent.nix
index a9471994e32..2d3fe2f7976 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/do-agent.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/do-agent.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ in
     systemd.services.do-agent = {
       description = "DigitalOcean Droplet Metrics Agent";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         ExecStart = "${pkgs.do-agent}/bin/do-agent --syslog";
         Restart = "always";