diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld-rkt.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld-rkt.service
index 7ff9b1b837..63a6a57139 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld-rkt.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld-rkt.service
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Description=Network fabric for containers
 Documentation=https://github.com/coreos/flannel
 After=etcd.service etcd2.service
+Before=docker.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify