diff --git a/packaging/deb/systemd/grafana-server.service b/packaging/deb/systemd/grafana-server.service
index ea7193c55a6..a2eb6f1880a 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/systemd/grafana-server.service
+++ b/packaging/deb/systemd/grafana-server.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Grafana instance
 Documentation=http://docs.grafana.org
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
+After=postgresql.service mariadb.service mysql.service
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/grafana-server
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service b/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
index ec0ef7e804e..a6e02073d46 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
+++ b/packaging/rpm/systemd/grafana-server.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Grafana instance
 Documentation=http://docs.grafana.org
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
+After=postgresql.service mariadb.service mysql.service
 
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/grafana-server