diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 00ee873c69..228d081aa6 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static constexpr std::chrono::seconds MAX_UPLOAD_TIMEFRAME{60 * 60 * 24};
 // A random time period (0 to 1 seconds) is added to feeler connections to prevent synchronization.
 static constexpr auto FEELER_SLEEP_WINDOW{1s};
 
+/** Frequency to attempt extra connections to reachable networks we're not connected to yet **/
+static constexpr auto EXTRA_NETWORK_PEER_INTERVAL{5min};
+
 /** Used to pass flags to the Bind() function */
 enum BindFlags {
     BF_NONE         = 0,
@@ -1613,6 +1616,22 @@ bool CConnman::MultipleManualOrFullOutboundConns(Network net) const
     return m_network_conn_counts[net] > 1;
 }
 
+bool CConnman::MaybePickPreferredNetwork(std::optional<Network>& network)
+{
+    std::array<Network, 5> nets{NET_IPV4, NET_IPV6, NET_ONION, NET_I2P, NET_CJDNS};
+    Shuffle(nets.begin(), nets.end(), FastRandomContext());
+
+    LOCK(m_nodes_mutex);
+    for (const auto net : nets) {
+        if (IsReachable(net) && m_network_conn_counts[net] == 0 && addrman.Size(net) != 0) {
+            network = net;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
 {
     AssertLockNotHeld(m_unused_i2p_sessions_mutex);
@@ -1644,6 +1663,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
     // Minimum time before next feeler connection (in microseconds).
     auto next_feeler = GetExponentialRand(start, FEELER_INTERVAL);
     auto next_extra_block_relay = GetExponentialRand(start, EXTRA_BLOCK_RELAY_ONLY_PEER_INTERVAL);
+    auto next_extra_network_peer{GetExponentialRand(start, EXTRA_NETWORK_PEER_INTERVAL)};
     const bool dnsseed = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-dnsseed", DEFAULT_DNSSEED);
     bool add_fixed_seeds = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-fixedseeds", DEFAULT_FIXEDSEEDS);
 
@@ -1755,6 +1775,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
         auto now = GetTime<std::chrono::microseconds>();
         bool anchor = false;
         bool fFeeler = false;
+        std::optional<Network> preferred_net;
 
         // Determine what type of connection to open. Opening
         // BLOCK_RELAY connections to addresses from anchors.dat gets the highest
@@ -1804,6 +1825,17 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
             next_feeler = GetExponentialRand(now, FEELER_INTERVAL);
             conn_type = ConnectionType::FEELER;
             fFeeler = true;
+        } else if (nOutboundFullRelay == m_max_outbound_full_relay &&
+                   m_max_outbound_full_relay == MAX_OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY_CONNECTIONS &&
+                   now > next_extra_network_peer &&
+                   MaybePickPreferredNetwork(preferred_net)) {
+            // Full outbound connection management: Attempt to get at least one
+            // outbound peer from each reachable network by making extra connections
+            // and then protecting "only" peers from a network during outbound eviction.
+            // This is not attempted if the user changed -maxconnections to a value
+            // so low that less than MAX_OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY_CONNECTIONS are made,
+            // to prevent interactions with otherwise protected outbound peers.
+            next_extra_network_peer = GetExponentialRand(now, EXTRA_NETWORK_PEER_INTERVAL);
         } else {
             // skip to next iteration of while loop
             continue;
@@ -1857,7 +1889,10 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
                 }
             } else {
                 // Not a feeler
-                std::tie(addr, addr_last_try) = addrman.Select();
+                // If preferred_net has a value set, pick an extra outbound
+                // peer from that network. The eviction logic in net_processing
+                // ensures that a peer from another network will be evicted.
+                std::tie(addr, addr_last_try) = addrman.Select(false, preferred_net);
             }
 
             // Require outbound IPv4/IPv6 connections, other than feelers, to be to distinct network groups
@@ -1904,6 +1939,9 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections(const std::vector<std::string> connect)
                 }
                 LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "Making feeler connection to %s\n", addrConnect.ToStringAddrPort());
             }
+
+            if (preferred_net != std::nullopt) LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "Making network specific connection to %s on %s.\n", addrConnect.ToStringAddrPort(), GetNetworkName(preferred_net.value()));
+
             // Record addrman failure attempts when node has at least 2 persistent outbound connections to peers with
             // different netgroups in ipv4/ipv6 networks + all peers in Tor/I2P/CJDNS networks.
             // Don't record addrman failure attempts when node is offline. This can be identified since all local
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index a4c810b0ae..39829f7f5b 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -1031,6 +1031,18 @@ private:
      */
     std::vector<CAddress> GetCurrentBlockRelayOnlyConns() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Search for a "preferred" network, a reachable network to which we
+     * currently don't have any OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY or MANUAL connections.
+     * There needs to be at least one address in AddrMan for a preferred
+     * network to be picked.
+     *
+     * @param[out]    network        Preferred network, if found.
+     *
+     * @return           bool        Whether a preferred network was found.
+     */
+    bool MaybePickPreferredNetwork(std::optional<Network>& network);
+
     // Whether the node should be passed out in ForEach* callbacks
     static bool NodeFullyConnected(const CNode* pnode);