diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 1485d060281fac..8ba61566e809cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0ldyhfxdy4qlgygvpc92wp0qp6p1c9y3rnm77zwbkga48x60d9i8";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./user-sessions-not-after-network.patch ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "man" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/user-sessions-not-after-network.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/user-sessions-not-after-network.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ebf1b9d9013897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/user-sessions-not-after-network.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/units/systemd-user-sessions.service.in b/units/systemd-user-sessions.service.in
+index 6d585eb0a1..4c86ebc37e 100644
+--- a/units/systemd-user-sessions.service.in
++++ b/units/systemd-user-sessions.service.in
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ [Unit]
+ Description=Permit User Sessions
+ Documentation=man:systemd-user-sessions.service(8)
+-After=remote-fs.target nss-user-lookup.target network.target
++After=remote-fs.target nss-user-lookup.target
+ 
+ [Service]
+ Type=oneshot