diff --git a/src/network/virtnetworkd.service.in b/src/network/virtnetworkd.service.in
index e7f1326945..4c39d2a5d7 100644
--- a/src/network/virtnetworkd.service.in
+++ b/src/network/virtnetworkd.service.in
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Requires=virtnetworkd.socket
 Requires=virtnetworkd-ro.socket
 Requires=virtnetworkd-admin.socket
 After=network.target
+After=firewalld.service
+After=iptables.service
+After=ip6tables.service
 After=dbus.service
 After=apparmor.service
 After=local-fs.target
diff --git a/src/remote/libvirtd.service.in b/src/remote/libvirtd.service.in
index 90b2cad5b0..cc0d4e3693 100644
--- a/src/remote/libvirtd.service.in
+++ b/src/remote/libvirtd.service.in
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Wants=libvirtd-admin.socket
 Wants=systemd-machined.service
 Before=libvirt-guests.service
 After=network.target
+After=firewalld.service
+After=iptables.service
+After=ip6tables.service
 After=dbus.service
 After=iscsid.service
 After=apparmor.service