diff --git a/ignition-enable-network.service b/ignition-enable-network.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Start network if needed
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/initrd-release
+DefaultDependencies=false
+After=basic.target
+
+# Triggering conditions for cases where we need network
+ConditionPathExists=|/run/ignition/neednet
+
+# Creates /run/ignition/neednet
+After=ignition-fetch-offline.service
+# Needs networking
+Before=ignition-fetch.service
+
+# See hack in coreos-enable-network, as well as coreos-copy-firstboot-network.service;
+# adapted for SUSE / wicked use
+After=dracut-cmdline.service
+Before=dracut-initqueue.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ignition-enable-network
diff --git a/ignition-enable-network.sh b/ignition-enable-network.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. /lib/dracut-lib.sh
+
+if [ -f /run/ignition/neednet ] && ! getargbool 0 'rd.neednet'; then
+    echo "rd.neednet=1 ip=dhcp" > /etc/cmdline.d/40-ignition-neednet.conf
+
+    # Re-trigger generation of network rules
+    . /lib/dracut/hooks/pre-udev/60-net-genrules.sh
+fi