diff --git a/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yml
index fe7ac5a..c7218c8 100644
--- a/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@
     - ansible_facts.distribution_major_version >= '12'
 
 - name: Enable systemd-networkd
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.service:
-    name: systemd-networkd
-    enabled: true
   when: systemd_networkd_network or systemd_networkd_link or systemd_networkd_netdev
+  block:
+      # TODO(mattcrees): Remove once this gets into a versioned release:
+      # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77754
+      - name: Temporarily disable systemd-networkd
+        become: true
+        ansible.builtin.service:
+          name: systemd-networkd
+          enabled: false
+
+      - name: Enable systemd-networkd
+        become: true
+        ansible.builtin.service:
+          name: systemd-networkd
+          enabled: true
 
 - name: Start and enable systemd-resolved
   become: true