diff --git a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
index fa9dbd3..36601b6 100644
--- a/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
+++ b/vm-systemd/qubes-early-vm-config.service
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=Early Qubes VM settings
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Before=sysinit.target
-After=local-fs.target
+After=local-fs.target qubes-db.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot