diff --git a/install/config/enable-services.sh b/install/config/enable-services.sh
index 8df4f171..2a1698e5 100644
--- a/install/config/enable-services.sh
+++ b/install/config/enable-services.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,10 @@ systemctl enable linux-modules-cleanup.service
 systemctl enable docker.socket
 systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service
 systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
+# Don't let network-online.target (pulled in by cups-browsed) hold up
+# graphical.target waiting for DHCP/Wi-Fi association. Nothing in the session
+# needs to block on the network. Mirrors the systemd-networkd-wait-online mask
+# in install/hardware/network.sh.
+systemctl mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service
 systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon.service
 systemctl enable sddm.service
diff --git a/migrations/1784568652.sh b/migrations/1784568652.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ad97921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1784568652.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+echo "Stop waiting for the network before showing the desktop"
+
+as_root() {
+  if (( EUID == 0 )); then
+    "$@"
+  else
+    sudo "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+# graphical.target was gated on network-online.target (cups-browsed orders
+# itself after it), so the desktop waited for DHCP/Wi-Fi association at boot.
+# Nothing in the session needs to block on the network; mask the wait so
+# network-online no longer delays boot. Mirrors the systemd-networkd variant.
+as_root systemctl mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true