diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/systemd/units/kubelet.service.template b/data/data/bootstrap/systemd/units/kubelet.service.template
index 71f0e2bee55..8c965fec557 100644
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/systemd/units/kubelet.service.template
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/systemd/units/kubelet.service.template
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Kubernetes Kubelet
-Wants=rpc-statd.service
+Wants=rpc-statd.service network-online.target crio.service
+After=network-online.target crio.service
+
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify