diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.service b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35e36ece4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Late modems scan
+Requires=ModemManager.service
+After=ModemManager.service xbee-init.service time-sync.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=mmcli --scan-modems 1>/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.timer b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.timer
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02348a9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager/late-modems-scan.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Late modems scan timer
+
+[Timer]
+OnActiveSec=40s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager_%.bbappend
index 85afe616e..8469412aa 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/modemmanager/modemmanager_%.bbappend
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:"
 SRC_URI += " \
     file://78-mm-digi-xbee-cellular.rules \
     file://80-mm-net-device-blacklist.rules \
+    file://late-modems-scan.service \
+    file://late-modems-scan.timer \
 "
 
 # 'polkit' depends on 'consolekit', and this requires 'x11' distro feature. So
@@ -19,6 +21,14 @@ do_install_append() {
 
 	# Install udev rules for ModemManager blacklist devices
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/80-mm-net-device-blacklist.rules ${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/udev/rules.d/
+
+	# Install systemd service for scanning late modems
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/late-modems-scan.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/late-modems-scan.timer ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/
 }
 
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN}_append = " late-modems-scan.timer"
+FILES_${PN}_append = " late-modems-scan.timer"
+
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"