diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/loki.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/loki.nix
index de4f1bc7aa23..307119ecbf8b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/loki.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/loki.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ in {
     systemd.services.loki = {
       description = "Loki Service Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
 
       serviceConfig = let
         conf = if cfg.configFile == null