diff --git a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/handlers/main.yml b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/handlers/main.yml
index b4b64a4b..4c81d63a 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
   service:
     name: prometheus-node-exporter
     state: restarted
+
+- name: systemctl daemon-reload
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: yes
diff --git a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
index bdb43fc7..f72eb97a 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
       ARGS="--web.listen-address={{ prometheus_node_exporter.listen_addr }}:9100"
   tags: restart-node-exporter
 
+- name: Patch prometheus-node-exporter service
+  template:
+    src: systemd/system/prometheus-node-exporter.service.d/override.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/prometheus-node-exporter.service.d/override.conf
+  register: override
+
+- name: systemctl daemon-reload
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: yes
+  when: override.changed
+
 - name: Activate prometheus-node-exporter service
   systemd:
     name: prometheus-node-exporter
diff --git a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/system/prometheus-node-exporter.service.d/override.conf.j2 b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/system/prometheus-node-exporter.service.d/override.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..758b8279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/system/prometheus-node-exporter.service.d/override.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Unit]
+After=network-online.target