diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/systemd/gbmc-systemd-config.bb b/meta-google/recipes-google/systemd/gbmc-systemd-config.bb
index ef5c1a0..7c644a2 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/systemd/gbmc-systemd-config.bb
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/systemd/gbmc-systemd-config.bb
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
   mkdir -p ${D}${sysconfdir}/systemd/system
   ln -sv /dev/null ${D}${sysconfdir}/systemd/system/systemd-pstore.service
 
+  # mask networkd-wait-online.service to avoid waiting
+  ln -sv /dev/null ${D}/${sysconfdir}/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+
   install -d -m0755 ${D}${libdir}/sysctl.d
   install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/40-gbmc-forward.conf ${D}${libdir}/sysctl.d/
   install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/40-gbmc-sysctl.conf ${D}${libdir}/sysctl.d/