diff --git a/packer/ansible/playbook.yml b/packer/ansible/playbook.yml
index 3d79463..e9e78a6 100644
--- a/packer/ansible/playbook.yml
+++ b/packer/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     - role: superuser
     - role: auth
     - role: labsync
+    - role: network-manager
     - role: windowmanager
     - role: l10n
     - role: inkscape
diff --git a/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/files/override.conf b/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/files/override.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e67bc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/files/override.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+Environment=LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/nmcli connection up 'Wired connection 1'
diff --git a/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/tasks/main.yml b/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/tasks/main.yml
index 5514429..a2b26c8 100644
--- a/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/packer/ansible/roles/network-manager/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,23 @@
         - network-manager
         - network-manager-gnome
       state: present
-tags:
-  - network-manager
+
+  - name: configure network-manager
+    ini_file:
+      path: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
+      section: connection
+      option: ipv4.dhcp-timeout
+      value: 300
+
+  - name: create NetworkManager.service.d
+    file:
+      dest: /etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d
+      state: directory
+
+  - name: configure service override
+    copy:
+      src: override.conf
+      dest: /etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d/override.conf
+
+  tags:
+    - network-manager