diff --git a/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/deb/kubelet/lib/systemd/system/kubelet.service b/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/deb/kubelet/lib/systemd/system/kubelet.service
index 5938f615a39..15d3e9186dc 100644
--- a/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/deb/kubelet/lib/systemd/system/kubelet.service
+++ b/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/deb/kubelet/lib/systemd/system/kubelet.service
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=kubelet: The Kubernetes Node Agent
 Documentation=https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/kubelet
diff --git a/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/rpm/kubelet/kubelet.service b/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/rpm/kubelet/kubelet.service
index 8538a7a45be..f25b70985cb 100644
--- a/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/rpm/kubelet/kubelet.service
+++ b/cmd/kubepkg/templates/latest/rpm/kubelet/kubelet.service
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=kubelet: The Kubernetes Node Agent
 Documentation=https://kubernetes.io/docs/
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/kubelet