diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mosquitto.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mosquitto.nix
index 2d498d4dbbcf..85d3ea5bd751 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mosquitto.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mosquitto.nix
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ in
     systemd.services.mosquitto = {
       description = "Mosquitto MQTT Broker Daemon";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "notify";
         NotifyAccess = "main";