diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f255ea613..fb4e61eb8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ systemd (222-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Enable GNU EFI support and add gnu-efi build dep. This enables/ships the
     systemd EFI boot loader. (Closes: #787720, LP: #1472283)
   * networkd autopkgtest: More robust/forceful killing of dnsmasq.
+  * ifup@.service: Drop "oneshot" to run ifup in the background during boot.
+    This avoids blocking network.target on boot with unavailable hotplug
+    interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces. (Closes: #790669, LP: #1425376)
 
  -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:24:51 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service b/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service
index 890dddb51..7c4df2e92 100644
--- a/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service
+++ b/debian/extra/units/ifup@.service
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ DefaultDependencies=no
 IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
 
 [Service]
-Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/sbin/ifup --allow=hotplug %I
 ExecStartPost=/sbin/ifquery --state %I
 ExecStop=/sbin/ifdown %I