diff --git a/seed/base-debian/dictionaries/11-debian-base.xml b/seed/base-debian/dictionaries/11-debian-base.xml
index af0e43a..48e321a 100644
--- a/seed/base-debian/dictionaries/11-debian-base.xml
+++ b/seed/base-debian/dictionaries/11-debian-base.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <rougail version="0.10">
   <services>
+    <service name="systemd-networkd">
+      <override/>
+    </service>
     <service name="debian" manage="False">
       <file engine="none" source="tmpfile-tmp.conf">/tmpfiles.d/0tmp.conf</file>
       <file engine="none">/etc/default/locale</file>
diff --git a/seed/base-debian/templates/systemd-networkd.service b/seed/base-debian/templates/systemd-networkd.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec278c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seed/base-debian/templates/systemd-networkd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Unit]
+After=systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service