diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix b/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
index 8e67d4ff871..2d33ca7e79e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/acme.nix
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ let
 
     renewService = {
       description = "Renew ACME certificate for ${cert}";
-      after = [ "network.target" "network-online.target" "acme-fixperms.service" ] ++ selfsignedDeps;
+      after = [ "network.target" "network-online.target" "acme-fixperms.service" "nss-lookup.target" ] ++ selfsignedDeps;
       wants = [ "network-online.target" "acme-fixperms.service" ] ++ selfsignedDeps;
 
       # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/81371#issuecomment-605526099