diff --git a/tasks/lxc_net.yml b/tasks/lxc_net.yml
index 71759141..640fa13e 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_net.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_net.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   tags:
     - lxc-net
 
-# All installations of LXC on init based systems (upstart primarily) will need to have the
+# All installations of LXC will need to have the
 #  the lxc-net service override in place to ensure its not restarted on system boot
 - name: Drop lxc-net override file for upstart
   template:
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@
     - lxc-files
     - lxc-net
 
+- name: Mask lxc-net systemd service
+  file:
+    src: /dev/null
+    path: /etc/systemd/system/lxc-net.service
+    state: link
+  when:
+    - pid1_name == "systemd"
+  tags:
+    - lxc-files
+    - lxc-net
+
 # All Debian based systems use the interfaces.d directory for extra network configs
 #  this check ensures the needed source line is in the base config file
 - name: Ensure networking includes interfaces.d