diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
index b9a7609b62f..f38085262ae 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Description=Kubernetes API Server
 Documentation=https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes
 
+After=etcd.service
+
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/config
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/kubernetes/apiserver