diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d/timeout.conf b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d/timeout.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..188155d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.d/timeout.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-networkd-wait-online --timeout=20