diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 302dc33b5..5a4ee82ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FEATURES:
 - Add support for installing NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus on Alpine Linux 3.21.
 - Add a parameter, `nginx_distribution_package`, to override the default NGINX package name when installing NGINX from your distribution/OS repository.
 - Add a parameter, `nginx_skip_os_install_config_check`, to turn off the NGINX config check handler when installing NGINX from the respective distribution package manager. This should help avoid potential issues where the default NGINX config that ships with a distribution is broken for some reason.
+- Add a parameter, `nginx_service_after`, to start the service after this list of systemd units.
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
diff --git a/defaults/main/systemd.yml b/defaults/main/systemd.yml
index 94c2670e0..37268f156 100644
--- a/defaults/main/systemd.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/systemd.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ nginx_service_overridefilename: override.conf
 # Default is to comment this out
 # nginx_service_restartsec: 5s
 
+# Start the service after these units
+# [Unit]
+# After=
+# Default is to comment this out
+# nginx_service_after: []
+
 # Enable a custom systemd override file
 # ** This could break the service **
 # Setting this to true disables custom values above
diff --git a/templates/services/nginx.service.override.conf.j2 b/templates/services/nginx.service.override.conf.j2
index 829ccf8f5..87e155908 100644
--- a/templates/services/nginx.service.override.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/services/nginx.service.override.conf.j2
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ Restart={{ nginx_service_restart }}
 {% if nginx_service_restartsec is defined %}
 RestartSec={{ nginx_service_restartsec }}
 {% endif %}
+
+[Unit]
+{% if nginx_service_after %}
+After={{ nginx_service_after | join(" ") }}
+{% endif %}