diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerotierone.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerotierone.nix
index a4cd368397e7..764af3846fe5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerotierone.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerotierone.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ in
     systemd.services.zerotierone = {
       description = "ZeroTierOne";
       path = [ cfg.package ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      bindsTo = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       preStart = ''
         mkdir -p /var/lib/zerotier-one/networks.d