diff --git a/shared/templates/timer_enabled/ansible.template b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/ansible.template
index 68a7fd09d79b..01d0849ddf70 100644
--- a/shared/templates/timer_enabled/ansible.template
+++ b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/ansible.template
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
       name: "{{{ TIMERNAME }}}.timer"
       enabled: "yes"
       state: "started"
+      masked: "false"
     when:
     - '"{{{ PACKAGENAME }}}" in ansible_facts.packages'
-
diff --git a/shared/templates/timer_enabled/bash.template b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/bash.template
index 9b7dd9ed589f..62711b6a23c4 100644
--- a/shared/templates/timer_enabled/bash.template
+++ b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/bash.template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # disruption = low
 
 SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
+"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask '{{{ TIMERNAME }}}.timer'
 if [[ $("$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" is-system-running) != "offline" ]]; then
   "$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start '{{{ TIMERNAME }}}.timer'
 fi
diff --git a/shared/templates/timer_enabled/tests/timer_masked.fail.sh b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/tests/timer_masked.fail.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98455376c405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/templates/timer_enabled/tests/timer_masked.fail.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# packages = {{{ PACKAGENAME }}}
+
+SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
+"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop '{{{ TIMERNAME }}}.timer'
+"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask '{{{ TIMERNAME }}}.timer'