diff --git a/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-particleos.preset b/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-particleos.preset
index fbcaf857..f3c3bd9c 100644
--- a/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-particleos.preset
+++ b/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/10-particleos.preset
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Make sure we have networking available.
 enable systemd-networkd.service
 enable systemd-networkd.socket
-enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+enable systemd-networkd-varlink.socket
 enable systemd-resolved.service
 
 # Enable NetworkManager as well for desktop environments. systemd-networkd won't
diff --git a/mkosi.profiles/desktop/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/particleos-network-online-mask.conf b/mkosi.profiles/desktop/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/particleos-network-online-mask.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33e389ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkosi.profiles/desktop/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/particleos-network-online-mask.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+L /etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - - - - /dev/null